China News Service, Hong Kong, November 3rd. Title: Visiting the Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage Center: Experience traditional culture in "Finding the Way by Sound"

　　Author Suo Youwei Wei Huadu

　　The noise of the celebration, the sound of sewing machines when making gowns, the sound of suona... Entering the exhibition hall of the San Tung Uk Museum in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, various sounds related to intangible cultural heritage (hereinafter referred to as "intangible cultural heritage") items linger. , So that visitors seem to be on the scene.

　　Sandongwu is a Hakka enclosure with a history of more than 200 years. It was listed as a statutory monument in 1981. It was rebuilt into a Sandongwu museum in 1987 and opened to the public.

In June 2016, the relevant agencies of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government established the Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage Center (hereinafter referred to as the "Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage Center") at the San Tung Uk Museum to raise public awareness and awareness of intangible cultural heritage through diversified education and promotion activities. learn.

　　The Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage Center started its largest renovation project since its establishment at the end of 2020, and officially opened to the public on November 3, launching the exhibition "Following the Sound-Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage".

　　When reporters from China News Agency visited the Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage Center, various intangible cultural heritage projects such as flower cards, lion heads, wood carvings, Guangcai, Chaozhou sugar towers, etc. were presented one by one.

Different from traditional exhibitions, in addition to the exhibits, the exhibition hall is equipped with a variety of multimedia equipment, using audio-visual media to present the production steps of the intangible cultural heritage project, the sound of the related scenes, and even the artisans’ appearances, telling the behind the works The connotation.

　　Bayin is a traditional folk wind music in Guangdong, and the band that plays the octave becomes an "eighty squad."

A variety of musical instruments are placed on the display table of the Eight Music Pavilion. As long as you put your hand on the infrared device in front of the musical instrument, the sound of the corresponding musical instrument will be played.

　　Xiao Guojian, the guest curator of the exhibition, said that this is the "Xunsheng" in "Finding the Way with Sound".

He said: "I hope to break the tradition of putting exhibits in glass cabinets and show the truest side of handicrafts, including how the inheritors make handicrafts step by step."

　　As for the "search for the way", Xiao Guojian said that the team carefully selected 40 items that people will come into contact with in daily life from more than 400 intangible cultural heritage items, including hand-held puppets, mahjong tiles, unicorn dances, etc., to show The wisdom of Hong Kong's folk crafts and rich folk culture.

He said: "I hope to tell everyone in the exhibition that intangible cultural heritage is not far away, it is part of our lives."

　　Li Cuilan, also known as "Sister Lan", is the second generation of flower card making skills. She has been learning flower card making since she was a child at the Li Yanji flower shop founded by her father in the 1950s.

It is her work that is displayed in the flower card exhibition hall this time.

Speaking of making flower cards for the Hong Kong Intangible Heritage Center this time, Sister Lan bluntly said "feeling very special and innovative."

　　Wu Zhihe, curator of the Hong Kong Intangible Heritage Office, revealed that Li Cuilan's specialty is handwriting and calligraphy.

Upon hearing this, Sister Lan said modestly: "There are fewer handwritten books now, and I still have to use a computer to print when I'm busy."

　　"Intangible cultural heritage is a culture that originates from life and is passed on from generation to generation. It is hoped to attract young people to visit." Wu Zhihe said that the intangible cultural heritage office will also launch an "intangible cultural heritage base camp" through the intangible cultural heritage funding program in the next two years. The Cultural Heritage Center holds fun activities related to intangible cultural heritage for Hong Kong kindergarten, elementary and middle school students to participate.

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