[Explanation] Luan Tianyang, born in 1991, has been very busy recently. He wants to rub the patterns on several Chinese bricks to rejuvenate the thousand-year-old bricks.
Luan Tianyang lives in Changchun, Jilin. He is a well-known calligraphy and painting decorator and restorer in the local industry. He is keen to learn and inherit Chinese traditional culture.
Recently, he is studying and disseminating rubbing skills.
Rubbings refer to pieces of paper on which the shapes of inscriptions, stone inscriptions, bronzes and other cultural relics and the characters and patterns on them are rubbed out.
Rubbing technology is to protect these precious cultural relics and has historical significance.
Rice paper and ink are commonly used tools.
Luan Tianyang graduated from the Jilin Academy of Arts. He has been working in the painting and calligraphy mounting and restoration industry for about ten years and has rich relevant experience.
Regarding the rubbing of these Chinese bricks, he was cautious at every step.
[Concurrent] Rubbings teacher Luan Tianyang
In the first step, we need to stuff the paper, we need to make the paper stuffy in advance, (using) glue alum water, we will pour glue into it and use glue to get rid of stuffiness, or use Bletilla striata water.
We need to completely blend the paper with the rubbing. There are some steps, such as beating. Every piece of Chinese brick is uneven.
(Paper) After it dries naturally, we have to beat it, use the rubbing we made ourselves, and dip it in ink.
[Explanation] Luan Tianyang told reporters that nowadays, more and more young people are interested in traditional Chinese culture. He is also willing to teach them the techniques he has mastered. Traditional crafts and culture should be passed on from generation to generation in this way until they are carried forward.
At present, Luan Tianyang is studying better technical forms to enrich the ancient rubbing technology.
[Concurrent] Rubbings teacher Luan Tianyang
We are also studying other forms. After learning from the tradition, we have inherited (innovated) some. For example, we use various colors to develop things similar to bronzes. We may use cyan, and add some other things. , To make a blue and green effect, which is closer to the bronze ware. This will also help our students to understand the color of the bronze ware more intuitively. This is all for our teaching.
Reporter from Changchun Lu Shengnan
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]