Chinanews.com, Qufu, Shandong, December 26th (Zhang Yan, Kong Jing) The carving knife whirled, and the stone chips flew up. The strong and handsome font was carved on the Nishan stone by a pair of skillful hands.

Recently, in the creation room of "Qufu Printing Society" in Qufu, Shandong Province, more than 10 seal cutting artists and seal cutting lovers sat around to discuss seal cutting skills and exchange ideas.

　　"The sealer is the letter." For Qufu, the birthplace of Confucian culture, the seal culture is long and profound, traditional and modern.

Nishan Stone, which bears the seal culture, is famous all over the world because it is produced in Nishan, the birthplace of Confucius. It is a high-quality inkstone, rare and precious. Therefore, the Nishan Stone Seal has strong Confucian cultural characteristics and carries special cultural significance.

　　In recent years, Qufu has been guided by the excellent traditional culture "two innovations" work policy, deeply explored the essence of Confucian honesty thought, made full use of the advantages of rich seal cutting resources, researched and promulgated the "Implementation Plan for the Construction of "China Seal City"", and concentrated efforts to create a "print letter city" City" new business card of urban culture.

Let the cultural inheritance of "India" in the blood of the city and the cultural confidence "engraved" in the bones of the people open the door to the inheritance and development of Indian culture.

　　At the 8th Nishan Forum on World Civilizations, the souvenirs designed and produced by the Confucian Mansion Yinge became the carrier of spreading Chinese seal culture.

Liu Peng, general manager of Confucius House Yinge, said that as a souvenir of the forum, he hopes to spread the Chinese Indian culture to the world through the small cultural carrier of "India".

Kong Lingjia, seal carver of Yinge of Confucius, is doing a live broadcast. Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of Qufu Municipal Party Committee

　　Today, the Yinge of Confucius produces about 25,000 seals a day, and has developed seals made of various materials such as Shoushan stone, lanugo, and copper.

It is understood that in the process of promoting the derivation and transformation of seal cultural resources, Qufu has launched more than 180 themed seals such as Confucian classics based on the Yin Pavilion of the Confucian Mansion, and created the "Qufu Youli" handmade brand products featuring seals.

　　Established on December 9, 2022, "Qufu Printing Society" takes the art of seal cutting, seal cutting theory, seal stone research, and exchange exhibitions as its mission, inherits and studies seal studies, and promotes traditional culture.

Ding Hui, president of Qufu Printing Society, said that culture needs exchanges and collisions in order to better inherit and develop.

After the establishment of the printing club, the members have gained a lot through continuous exchanges and discussions.

"Everyone in the Printing Society is not only a member of the Printing Society, but also an inheritor and disseminator of culture and art."

　　At present, Qufu is vigorously implementing the renovation and upgrading project of the Confucian Mansion Yinge Seal Carving Cultural Industrial Park, and building the Yinxin Historical and Cultural Corridor and the Seal Carving Art Museum.

At the same time, expand the live broadcast room, make full use of the live broadcast team, and urge characteristic seal cutting products to "out of the circle", effectively promoting the development of the new format of "Internet + culture".

　　In addition, in order to promote the "seal letter" culture into people's lives, Qufu takes seal cutting education and honesty culture as important contents, and integrates them into student education and spiritual civilization construction.

At the same time, more than 80 seal-cutting skills popularization and seal-cutting calligraphy experience activities were carried out to promote the "seal letter" culture into the homes of ordinary people.

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