[Explanation] On July 24, the reporter saw in the Yushu Pavilion of the Qinghai Provincial Green Development Investment and Trade Fair, that the ethnic products and characteristic exhibition areas here are neatly divided, and all kinds of exhibits are dazzling.
[Explanation] At the Zhiduo County booth, a monk in a cassock is playing the "Tibetan flute" that the local people in the pastoral area love. It is understood that the monk's name is Luo Song Qiujie. He is 50 years old this year. He was a 15-year-old monk and went to the monastery to learn thangka making and clay sculpture. For 35 years, he has been making thangka and clay sculptures for the monastery in the Zhiduo area of Yushu for free.
[Concurrent] Qinghai Tibetan clay sculpture folk craftsman Luo Song Qiujie
I come from Gongsa Temple in Zhiduo County, the first county at the source of the Yangtze River. The products we brought here are King Gesar (clay sculpture), Zhumu (clay sculpture), Thangka and Tubaoshu (clay sculpture). I started to learn many traditional cultures such as clay sculpture thangka when I was 8 years old.
[Commentary] Luo Song Qiujie’s works are mostly clay figures, including King Gesar riding a horse, Zhumu toasting toasts, and a Kangba man wearing a felt hat. Each character is portrayed as lifelike. In addition, there are also some animals, such as mud-shaped crafts such as spit rat, sheep, and fox.
[Concurrent] Qinghai Tibetan clay sculpture folk craftsman Luo Song Qiujie
It takes seven to eight years to learn. (Clay Sculpture) is particularly difficult to make. Without hard work, you will not be able to learn it in ten years.
[Explanation] At the exhibition site, many exhibitors and participants were attracted by Luo Song Qiujie's clay sculptures, or asked about the production process, or picked them up to appreciate carefully, and took pictures.
[Concurrent] Xu Xiaoning, a citizen of Xining
Looking at his clay sculpture work, I feel that this is handmade by our folk artists, which is equivalent to a kind of culture inherited by our folks. This Tibetan culture and traditional craftsmanship can be seen here and I feel very happy.
[Concurrent] Participants will only let the public
Because I am a producer of traditional costume culture, I especially like this (clay sculpture) he made. The sculpture of our Tibetan shepherd is very delicate and delicate.
[Explanation] Luo Song Qiujie said that he is very happy to let more people see and understand his clay sculpture works. His biggest wish is to pass on this traditional craft and let more people appreciate the profoundness of Tibetan culture.
[Concurrent] Qinghai Tibetan clay sculpture folk craftsman Luo Song Qiujie
This time (let) many people understand that traditional cultural clay sculptures like thangkas will (slowly disappear) if (no one) knows about them in the future. Now I have trained more than 20 apprentices, and my hope is that they will inherit the culture of this nation in the future.
Reporter Liu Yi reports from Xining, Qinghai
Editor in charge: 【Luo Pan】