"Craftsmen not only have to inherit but also innovate traditional skills, and to do one thing to the extreme is ingenuity." "My Chongqing friend photographed his ceramic bowl and puppy, and I was envious and wanted to experience ceramic making." "Through this activity, I learned a lot of shooting skills and would like to go to the Forbidden City in Beijing to see." On July 21st, in the process of participating in the "My Folklore Photo Album", an online exchange of folklore photography themes between young people from the Mainland and Hong Kong and Macao, middle school students from the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao sighed from the bottom of their hearts. With the theme of "Folklore Images, Youth Memory", 55 teenagers from the mainland, Hong Kong and Macao "one-on-one" paired up to understand traditional folklore, feel the spirit of ingenuity, jointly complete folklore photography works, and deepen their understanding of China's excellent traditional culture through offline shooting and online communication.
The "Folklore Album" is opened in the cloud
On July 21, the event was launched through the Internet "Cloud", and guests and students from Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong and Macau witnessed the launch of the event through the Internet. At the launching ceremony, Yu Qun, vice chairman of the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation, Chen Weijia, honorary president of the China National Folk Culture and Art Exchange Association (Hong Kong), and Ou Rongzhi, member of the Administrative Committee of the Macao Foundation, made video speeches, expressing their ardent expectations for the young people of the mainland, Hong Kong and Macao, hoping that the students would cherish the opportunity for exchanges, present the profound Chinese culture with the lens, record each other's youth dreams with their hearts, and tell the wonderful stories of exchanges and visits with true feelings. Hui Zhijian of Yuehua Secondary School in Macao expressed his hope to have a deeper understanding of the folk culture of the motherland from the folk experience, promote learning and inheritance with photography activities, form deep friendships in the exchange of activities, and leave a beautiful memory of youth together.
Camera recording of "Jingyun Culture"
From July 22nd to 23rd, 12 students from Tsinghua High School in Beijing and "one-on-one" friends from Macau Jingping School, Macau Fangzhong School and Macau Yuehua Secondary School participated in a two-day beijing folk heritage tour.
Students at Tsinghua High School in Beijing experienced traditional games such as kicking shuttlecocks, rolling iron hoops, and shaking bamboo, and shared them with their friends in Macau. "There is no such fun game in Macao, and seeing that my friends are having such a good time, I also want to ask my classmates to compete in a traditional game." Hui Zhijian, a student at Macau Yuehua Secondary School, said. At the Palace Museum in Beijing, Qu Jingkai, a student from Beijing Tsinghua High School, photographed while visiting and sharing the charm of traditional Chinese architecture with his friends in Macao through WeChat; at the Palace Hall in Beijing, under the guidance of non-hereditary inheritors, the students painted folk artwork "Rabbit Grandpa"; in the Beijing Hutong, the students were full of interest in old objects and shared the daily life of old Beijing with their Macao friends through the lens.
Liang Kai'er, a student at Peking Ping School in Macau, said: "Receiving photos taken by beijing friends and seeing many old objects in the hutongs, it feels very novel. I shared with my Beijing friends the Bishop's Hill and A-Ma Temple in Macau and the special cuisine, and everyone was welcome to play in Macao. Huang Hui, a student at Macau Mirror Ping School, said: "I am very close to my friends in Beijing, and my personality is very similar, we shared each other's stories through WeChat chat during the event, I learned a lot about things that Macao does not have, and I am grateful for the activity so that we can share the beautiful moments with each other."
During the exchange, students in Beijing taught their friends in Macao to say "Grandpa Rabbit" in Beijing dialect, and students in Macao taught their friends in Beijing to say "We are good brothers" in Cantonese... In the interesting interaction, the young people of the Mainland and Hong Kong and Macao went from strange to familiar, formed a deep friendship, and left a beautiful memory of youth.
Yugang students "ingenuity traces"
From July 29th to 30th, 30 secondary school students from Anfu Middle School in Rongchang District, Chongqing, Muguang English College in Hong Kong, and Wang Jinhui Primary and Secondary School, affiliated to Hong Kong Baptist University, experienced folk culture in Chongqing and Hong Kong, and embarked on a journey of "ingenuity and tracing".
Students in Chongqing visited the Rongchang An Pottery Museum and the China Xiabu Museum, and shared traditional skills such as ceramics, folding fans, and weaving with friends in Hong Kong. "If you look at the twine of hemp that I made of ramie, this can actually be turned into a dress to wear on the body." Zhou Wang, a student in Chongqing, held a twine ball in his hand to introduce Zhang Yuanzhe to Zhang Yuanzhe in Hong Kong. Zhang Yuanzhe quickly praised the small partner, he said, originally thought that the summer cloth was completed on the loom, through the introduction of the small partner to know that to go through the hemp, yarn and other complex processes, too remarkable. At the same time, Hong Kong students introduced scenic spots such as Hong Kong Central Grand Pavilion, YuanchuangFang, Wenwu Temple and traditional cuisine to their friends in Chongqing. Hong Kong's Xu Qiqi shared her photos with her Chongqing friends, she invited her friends to come to Hong Kong after the epidemic ended, and then the two of them went to explore the 170-year history story of Hong Kong Central Tai Kwan and the police force, and met in the nearly two-hundred-year-old Wenwu Temple to touch the brush to pray for the title of the golden list.
"Through this activity, we experience intangible cultural heritage skills with the inheritors, share holiday life with Hong Kong friends, enhance exchanges, and hope that our friendship can continue." Tang Yuqiao, a student at Chongqing Rongchang Anfu Middle School, said. "My Chongqing friends and I are 'foodies', we often share what we eat during lunch and afternoon tea, and when I see the whole goose feast in Chongqing, my saliva is about to flow." Through this activity, I gained a deep friendship and look forward to meeting with my friends in Chongqing offline. Zhang Jiarong of Muguang English College in Hong Kong said.
It is reported that the "My Folklore Photo Album" - an online activity on the theme of folklore photography between mainland and Hong Kong and Macao youth is guided by the Chinese Cultural Association and co-sponsored by the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation, the China Ethnic Folk Culture and Art Exchange Association (Hong Kong) and the Macao Foundation. Through the activities, young people from the mainland, Hong Kong and Macao have a deeper understanding of China's excellent traditional culture, and they have expressed that they must live up to the times and Shaohua, and contribute to the inheritance and promotion of China's excellent traditional culture. (Photo: China Soong Ching Ling Foundation)
Source: Overseas Network