With the vigorous support of the Propaganda Department of the Qixia District CPC Committee, the Longtan Street Working Committee, the Longtan Street Office, and other units, the first academic and comprehensive publication in China on gold leaf craftsmanship and gold leaf culture, "Nanjing Gold Leaf Grand View," was recently published by the Nanjing Publishing House. The book has a positive role in promoting the protection of intangible cultural heritage, promoting the development of the gold leaf cultural industry, and highlighting the characteristic culture of the ancient capital of Nanjing.
Nanjing is one of the world's four major gold leaf producing areas, well-known at home and abroad. In 2006, the Nanjing gold leaf forging technology was announced by the State Council as the first batch of intangible cultural heritage in China, and it is one of the first four national -level "intangible cultural heritage" in Nanjing. "However, although gold leaf is widely used in imperial car opinion, clothing, etc., how is ancient gold leaf forged? Historical research is almost a blank space, and only the late Ming dynasty scientist Song Yingxing and the early Qing dynasty scientist Qi Lang can be found to have a discourse of more than 200 words each. Shi Zheng, director of the Nanjing Jindu Gold Leaf Technology Museum, said that compared with the "Nanjing Yunjin" which is also the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage, There is a big gap in the systematic collation and inheritance of Nanjing gold leaf. "Nanjing Yunjin has a number of masters and experts who have published monographs. The gold leaf industry in contemporary Nanjing occupies an important position in the world, and the theoretical research of gold leaf is not in harmony with the industry, and it is urgent to compile a comprehensive gold leaf academic and cultural monograph, which can theoretically lead the world gold leaf industry and improve people's understanding of the Nanjing gold leaf industry as the center of the world gold leaf industry. Shi Zheng said.
Guan Qiuhui, an associate researcher at the museum, introduced that in order to compile an "encyclopedia of contemporary gold leaf culture", in the past four years, gold leaf people have left deep footprints at home and abroad. They have visited the Zhejiang Shaoxing Ujin Paper Making Technology Memorial Hall and the Shaoxing Gold Leaf Manufacturer, visited the descendants of Shanxi Xinjin leaf artists, visited the famous gold-pasted Lao Tzu statue in Lingbao, Henan, and climbed the door of the Suzhou Inscription Museum to expand a number of inscription rubbings related to the gold leaf gold thread. In addition, he also made a special trip to the National Museum of Egypt, the Kanazawa Anjiang Gold Leaf Craft Museum in Japan, the Hori Gold Leaf Powder Co., Ltd. in Kyoto, Japan, and the Proud Riding Gold Leaf Village in Hanoi, Vietnam, and obtained first-hand information. After nearly 5 years, the book "Nanjing Gold Leaf Grand View" was compiled and recently published by Nanjing Publishing House.
According to reports, this book is the first academic and comprehensive publication on gold leaf craft and gold leaf culture in China, which not only fills the gap, but also has a positive role in promoting the protection of intangible cultural heritage and promoting the development of gold leaf cultural industry.