China News Service, Hangzhou, November 1 (Xiang Jing Zhoujian) "Longquan Celadon is a well-deserved 'Porcelain Sea Pearl' and a 'cultural messenger' for exchanges and mutual learning." From October 31 to November 1, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang At the 5th World Celadon Conference held, Shan Jixiang, president of the Chinese Society of Cultural Relics and former director of the Palace Museum, said that the development and production of celadon should be oriented to life, so that it can change from "looked up" to "reachable".
China has a history of 5,000 years, and the porcelain civilization has lasted for 3,000 years.
The English word "China" means both "China" and "porcelain".
Shan Jixiang mentioned in an interview that whether it is the "Maritime Silk Road" or the "Land Silk Road", it is actually a "cultural exchange road", and porcelain plays a pivotal role in it.
Longquan celadon began in the Three Kingdoms and the Jin Dynasty, flourished in the Northern Song Dynasty, and reached its peak in the Southern Song Dynasty.
In 2009, the traditional firing technique of Longquan celadon was included in the "Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity", which is the first ceramic project in the world to be selected as "Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity".
"Longquan celadon can be found in a large number of foreign museums, which shows its great influence." Shan Jixiang believes that Lishui Longquan is located at the junction of Zhejiang, Fujian and Jiangxi provinces. "Longquan celadon is exported to three continents in Asia, Africa and Europe, which is a doomed phenomenon that combines many factors".
Shan Jixiang said that in the long historical process, Longquan celadon represented China to go all over the world, and has become an important carrier of Chinese cultural confidence and cultural "going out".
Photo by Zhou Jian of Longquan Celadon
At present, how to continue to promote the "dialogue" between Longquan celadon and the world?
Giving it new life is the key.
In this World Celadon Conference, with the help of 3D digital technology, an immersive interactive art exhibition of celadon called "Song Porcelain Menghua" was unveiled, and the international friends present called it "enjoyable".
This coincides with Shan Jixiang's idea, he believes: "All traditional Chinese culture, including celadon culture, must adapt to today's information society, and through communication forms and technological innovation, more vivid and direct Tell the story behind it."
In addition, to make Longquan celadon continue to be a good "cultural messenger" for the exchange and mutual learning of world civilizations, we should also focus on the utensils themselves.
In Shan Jixiang's view, the development and production of celadon needs to be life-oriented, improve the quality of items, and make them more accessible.
The reporter once saw in a celadon studio in Longquan that the combination of celadon with U disk, music box and other items is novel and practical.
As Shan Jixiang said: "Longquan celadon cultural products are continuously entering thousands of households according to people's actual needs. This is a gratifying phenomenon." (End)