[Explanation] Bodiless lacquerware is a traditional handicraft product in China. It began in the Han Dynasty and is juxtaposed with porcelain and cloisonne, and enjoys the reputation of "China's Three Treasures".
Ding Guokun is the representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage of "Poyang Bodiless Lacquer Ware Painting Technique". Ding Guokun, who was born in a local lacquer art family, is 80 years old this year and has been engaged in the research and production of bodiless lacquer ware for more than 60 years.
Recently, the reporter walked into the old-fashioned Ding Guangchang Lacquerware Lacquer Shop in Poyang County, Jiangxi Province. Ding Guokun introduced to the reporter that the lacquer ware is made of natural raw lacquer, ramie cloth and lacquer ash. More than 70 processes such as grinding and painting can complete a finished product, and it has a complete set of lacquer production system.
[Same period] Ding Guokun, the inheritor of the lacquer decoration skills of Poyang unborn lacquerware
In this process cycle, it is a three-month process cycle, and many people ask how many processes are required for the entire process of the paint process. I calculated it. In the early stage, it means that there are more than 40 processes from the mold making to the molding tire. , There are more than 30 lacquer processes in the later period, so there are more than 70 processes.
This craft is one of the most complicated craftsmanship in craftsmanship. If you want to do it all by yourself, you cannot master it without decades of experience.
【Explanation】
Lacquerware has a long history in China.
As early as the Neolithic Age, people recognized the function of raw lacquer and used it to make utensils. With the continuous development of lacquer craftsmanship, it has finally reached a very high level of art. Bodiless lacquer ware is a unique representative among them. It is exquisite in craftsmanship and elegant in shape. , bright and moist, timeless.
However, this traditional handicraft is also facing the problem of how to inherit and develop.
[Same period] Ding Guokun, the inheritor of the lacquer decoration skills of Poyang unborn lacquerware
I have brought many students back and forth, and the probability that they can really persevere, rely on this for a living, or survive, is still very low.
Because it takes a few months for you to make a product, the living conditions (costs) are very high in a few months, and you cannot survive without a few thousand dollars. This is a real problem.
It is very difficult to earn food from one work.
[Explanation] In recent years, Ding Guokun has been often invited to give lectures in major art colleges and universities in China, and instructs students in lacquer art and lacquer painting craftsmanship.
Ding Guokun expressed that he hoped that the society can give appropriate rewards or subsidies to students who intend to engage in this skill, and he will do his best to inherit it without reservation.
[Same period] Ding Guokun, the inheritor of the lacquer decoration skills of Poyang unborn lacquerware
We still hope that people with certain cultural knowledge will participate in it. For example, the state provides certain subsidies or reward mechanisms for participating students or apprentices, so that they can calm down and study hard. We also try our best to be masters. Teach this skill without reservation, but we can only do so much.
Reporter from Huashan, Jiangxi Poyang
Responsible editor: [Li Ji]