China News Service, Zhangzhou, June 26 (Zhang Jinchuan Liao Zhenmei) "The process of rammed earth is very important to the construction of the tulou, and it directly affects the service life of the tulou after it is built." Zhang Mintai, a municipal intangible inheritor, modeled and built soil in front of a one-meter-wide tulou model, and carefully demonstrated the construction techniques of tulou to the public.
From June 25th to 26th, the "Fu" Cultural Pedestrian Day was held in the ancient city of Zhangzhou, Fujian Province. There were 24 Zhangzhou intangible cultural heritage projects and 4 Fu cultural and creative exhibitions, including woodblock New Year pictures, Babao ink pads, puppet head carvings, etc. The exhibition activity of the exhibition vividly expounds the cultural connotation and significance of southern Fujian in a multi-faceted and three-dimensional manner, highlights the cultural charm of southern Fujian in the millennium ancient city of Zhangzhou, and presents a cultural feast of "Fu" with Zhangzhou flavor.
The reporter noticed that the Nanjing Tulou was unveiled on the "Fu" Cultural Pedestal Day, which attracted much attention from the public.
Zhang Mintai introduced the earth building construction techniques to the public, and saw that he poured the soil prepared in advance on the mold, and then used special tools to pound the soil and then take the mold away.
In the gospel exhibition area, people experience musical instruments.
Photo by Zhang Jinchuan
Zhang Mintai, who was born in 1944, followed his master to build a Nanjing Tulou in 1967.
According to Zhang Mintai, egg whites, brown sugar, glutinous rice, lime, etc. need to be added to the earth rammed on the wall in some places, but the number of walls in Nanjing tulou is large, and it is not cost-effective to add it.
"The soil used in Nanjing Tulou is the fertile soil above the paddy field, and the hard soil below is very hard after calcification, and the cost is not high."
Tulou is a unique large-scale building built with raw earth in the world.
Zhangzhou Nanjing is the hometown of Fujian Tulou and the main heritage site of Fujian Tulou, a world cultural heritage. There are more than 15,000 various types of tulou, including more than 1,300 large tulou.
Zhang Mintai said that the construction skills of tulou were handed down from the previous generation, but now they are no longer built. Nanjing County mainly inherits the skills by setting up experience bases.
The construction techniques of the tulou make people marvel at the wisdom of their ancestors.
Through a pair of small scissors, Zhangpu paper-cutting, which cut out the world of flowers, also attracted many students to come and experience.
Bamboo weaving displayed on the "Fu" Cultural Polding Day.
Photo by Zhang Jinchuan
Yang Shenheng, a sixth-grade student of Zhangzhou Experimental Primary School, learned that the "Fu" Cultural Polding Day was held, and immediately came to learn from the teacher.
"Learning paper-cutting in my spare time can relax my body and mind, improve my hands-on ability, cut out beautiful finished products, and get praise from my family and classmates, which makes me more confident." Yang Chenheng said.
Zhangpu paper-cut has been included in UNESCO's "Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity".
Zeng Fangfang, the representative inheritor of Zhangpu County's intangible cultural heritage project, is Yang Shenheng's teacher.
Zeng Fangfang revealed that her growth path is similar to that of Yang Chenheng.
"It was only after I discovered my interest in paper-cutting that I went to apprentice and specialized in research and became an inheritor."
"We teach children the technique of paper-cutting. Children can create many shapes with a piece of paper and a pair of scissors. In the future, they can also integrate with their own profession to achieve dissemination and inheritance." Zeng Fangfang said.
"Paper-cutting is suitable for all ages and is easy to operate. In recent years, it has been well spread and inherited through campuses and communities, and its popularity is very high." Seeing more and more students showing interest in paper-cutting, Zeng Fangfang expressed inner joy and pride.
The scene of the "Fu" Cultural Pedestrian Day.
Photo by Zhang Jinchuan
At the booth of ethnic minority costumes in Taiwan, the colorful costumes also attracted many people to check in.
Luo Lizhu, a craftsman who has been in the clothing industry for many years, said that the clothing she made is very similar to the clothing of ethnic minorities in Taiwan, and there are lessons for the production process.
"It takes about half a month to make a set of clothing. Many processes have to be sewn by hand, and beads need to be stringed one by one, so I have to endure loneliness." In Luo Lizhu's view, the inheritance of this craft is a bit difficult at present.
"As a craftsman, I very much hope that this craft can spread for a long time. With the help of this polder event, I hope that Taiwan's ethnic minority costumes will get more attention and attention from everyone." Luo Lizhu said.
The organizer said that Zhangzhou is the main birthplace of southern Fujian culture. The ancient city has a profound heritage, rich cultural heritage, and has distinct local characteristics and advantages in cultural exchanges with Taiwan and foreign countries.
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