China News Service, Chongqing, October 26th (Reporter Zhong Yan) "Ingenuity - Chongqing's First Arts and Crafts Masters and Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Inheritors Boutique Exhibition" was held at the Chongqing Art Museum on the 26th.
188 outstanding arts and crafts works by 100 representative inheritors of Chongqing municipal and above intangible cultural heritage and masters of arts and crafts appeared at the exhibition.
According to reports, Chongqing has a total of 53 national-level intangible cultural heritage representative projects and 59 representative inheritors; 707 municipal-level intangible cultural heritage representative projects and 951 representative inheritors, covering traditional art, traditional skills, literature, music and other categories.
The picture shows people watching the works of arts and crafts masters and representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage.
Photo by Zhong Yan
In terms of arts and crafts, Chongqing mainly has more than 300 varieties in 11 categories, including carving, lacquer, embroidery, weaving, etc. Currently, there are 3 masters of Chinese arts and crafts, 6 masters of industry, and 192 masters of Chongqing arts and crafts. .
Wang Farong, secretary and director of the Chongqing Art Museum (Chongqing Art Academy), said that the purpose of holding this exhibition is to steadily improve the level of protection and inheritance of arts and crafts and intangible cultural heritage, and to improve the exhibition level of various traditional crafts and representative items of intangible cultural heritage. Continuously increase the dissemination and popularization of arts and crafts and intangible cultural heritage, and further promote the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage and the high-quality development of arts and crafts and industries.
Wang Haitao, Secretary General of Chongqing Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Association, said in his speech that the exhibition is an innovation for the protection of Chongqing's intangible cultural heritage, both in form and content.
In terms of professional techniques and academic research, it is a good combination and complementation, and it is also an exploration of the protection and dissemination of intangible cultural heritage.
The exhibition can promote direct communication between arts and crafts masters and outstanding representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage on works, direct collision on inspiration, and mutual learning from traditional culture and modern art. It is a rare opportunity and a good platform.
The picture shows the works of arts and crafts masters and representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage on display.
Photo by Zhong Yan
Pan Qihui, a 73-year-old master of Chinese arts and crafts and inheritor of Chongqing municipal-level intangible cultural heritage "Bishan Micro Carving", took part in the exhibition with the work of "Chinese Taoist Culture Classics".
In the area of 33 cm in length and 13 cm in height, the four characters "Purple Qi Donglai" constructed from the full text of Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching" are engraved, as well as the famous ancient Chinese painting "Eighty-seven Immortals".
"Arts and crafts is a comprehensive art, but many people didn't know it before." Pan Qihui said that the holding of the first exhibition was an encouragement for industry personnel, and he hoped that more people could learn about arts and crafts, an excellent traditional Chinese culture, through the exhibition.
It is reported that this exhibition is one of the main activities of the 2022 Chongqing Urban Art Festival. Organized by Cultural Heritage Protection Association, Yuzhong District Culture and Tourism Committee, and Jiefangbei CBD.
The exhibition will run until November 6, 2022.
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