China News Network, Kunming, July 11 (Liu Lihui) On the afternoon of the 11th, Yunnan folk old craft documentary photography "Handcraft" was launched at Kunlin Wenlin Art Museum. The exhibition will continue until July 26 and is free to the public.
The picture shows the audience watching the exhibition in the Umbrella Showroom. Photo by Dao Zhinan
"Craftsman" returned from studying at the University of Leeds in the UK, and the Dai girl from the 90s in Yunnan has spent more than four years visiting the village of Linyao Wanyao, Mengding Xiaba Village, Mangtang Village, Tengchong Xingyang Village, Dali Jianchuan Rural areas such as Shihe Village and Xinren Village were collected and recorded in the form of images and texts, and truly reproduced the unique skills of traditional craftsmen such as ceramic potter, paper maker, umbrella maker, sugar maker and wood carving man , Survival status and ingenuity.
In addition to attracting visitors from inside and outside of Yunnan Province, this exhibition also attracted some teachers and alumni from Leeds University, Glasgow University and Sultan Kashmu University to pay attention to the exhibition online.
The picture shows the audience watching the exhibition in the paper-making exhibition hall. Photo by Dao Zhinan
"In modern society, many traditional crafts are being eliminated by machines too fast! So for more than four years, I have used almost all my vacation and spare time, visited more than ten folk craftsmen, and finally chose five Exhibiting." Feng Qingyan hopes that more people will join in, and some traditional skills that are on the verge of disappearing or difficult to be known by outsiders will be preserved in the form of images by the concept of "Photographic Archive". She also hopes that more Yunnan folk crafts can "go out" and attract more people to pay attention to its cultural value.
Located in Yunnan, on the southwestern border of China, many traditional craftsmanship still retain the ancient essence, like "living fossils". However, among them, a large number of craftsmanship faced problems such as weak protection and no one succeeding. In response to this, the “Traditional Craft Revitalization Action Plan” currently being promoted by Yunnan proposes that within this year, a batch of traditional craft themes and product varieties will be formed, a batch of well-known brands with higher design and production level will be cultivated, and a batch of Talent team with strong inheritance and innovation ability. (Finish)