China News Service, Hangzhou, November 2 (Xiang Jing and Zhou Jian) China has been up and down for five thousand years, and the porcelain civilization has lasted for three thousand years.
"The father of ancient Chinese ceramics research" Chen Wanli once said: "A half of the history of Chinese ceramics is in Zhejiang; half of the history of Zhejiang ceramics is in Longquan." period reached its peak.
How to make thousand-year-old celadon "evergreen"?
At the 5th World Celadon Conference held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang recently, experts and scholars at home and abroad focused on topics such as "Celadine Revival and Common Prosperity", and offered suggestions for the inheritance and development of Celadon.
"Lipsticks in celadon packaging, clothing with celadon glaze... These are excellent examples of celadon cultural derivatives." Hu Jian, president of the Qiantangjiang Culture Research Association and convener of the Expert Committee of the Song Yun Cultural Heritage Research Center, said at the conference , to strengthen the research and development of celadon cultural symbols, to create unique cultural and creative products.
Promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of celadon culture is the requirement of the times.
With the continuous advancement of science and technology, celadon has also taken advantage of the "Dongfeng" of "technology empowerment".
Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of Longquan Municipal Party Committee at the 5th World Celadon Conference
Taking Longquan celadon as an example, in recent years, Longquan has carried out reasonable redesign and re-creation of traditional celadon craftsmanship, using new materials, new technologies, new craftsmanship and new products to practice the new positioning of "technology, fashion and green", and explore the use of digital New technologies such as modeling, 3D printing, and automatic kilns have injected more technological content, fashion elements and emotional bonds into celadon products.
It is reported that Longquan is building a digital application of "Longquan Celadon Intangible Heritage Industry Online".
In the future, the application will build an online platform for celadon exhibition, build a celadon intangible cultural heritage resource library, and incorporate all media materials such as graphics, audio and video, and VR exhibitions into a unified database, providing a good display for sword porcelain artisans and their works. and development platform.
"Cultural innovation and technological innovation should be limited." Wan Liya, the representative of the International Ceramics Society in China, believes that celadon should seek innovation in "unshakable rules".
Zhejiang porcelain culture is prosperous, and famous porcelain kilns such as Longquan kiln, Yue kiln and Ou kiln are scattered on the land of the province.
As an important carrier of Chinese excellent traditional culture, the importance of intellectual property protection of porcelain is self-evident.
In 2022, the People's Court of Longquan City established the Intellectual Property Judicial Protection Center and the Longquan Sword Porcelain Protection Service Station to help create a good environment for innovation, development and business, so as to "completely revive the sword and porcelain capital and strive to build a high-quality Longquan". Judicial guarantees are provided.
In 2009, the traditional firing technique of Longquan celadon was included in the "Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity", becoming the first ceramic project in the world to be selected as "Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity".
"For the unique celadon firing techniques that have been passed down by generations of celadon craftsmen, we must protect, study, and develop intellectual property rights." Xu Xing, the representative inheritor of Longquan celadon intangible cultural heritage, talked about how to create celadon in the process of creating celadon. The dissemination and promotion of the concept of intellectual property protection has become a major issue.
Celadon "evergreen", in the final analysis, needs to rely on the active role of "people".
"The future of celadon lies in young people." Ji Yunfei, deputy director of Zhejiang Provincial Museum, said that the creativity of young people will give new vitality to the millennium celadon.
At this World Celadon Conference, a number of "post-80s" and "post-90s" celadon craftsmen participated in the "celadon UP talk" activity, and discussed issues such as the inheritance and development of Longquan celadon.
"The inheritance of celadon culture is inseparable from young people. As a younger generation, I participated in this celadon conference with the mentality of inheritance and promotion." Ji Dong, a "post-90s" celadon craftsman, mentioned in an interview with reporters that he first came into contact with Celadon is fun and magical, but with in-depth study and research, I am more and more immersed in the creation of celadon.
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