Chinanews.com, Jiangmen, March 11th: Guangdong Xinhui Sunflower Art has been inherited for thousands of years, explored, innovated, integrated and rejuvenated

　　Author Cheng Jingwei Mak Rui Chung

　　"Xinhui sunflower art is gradually developing in the direction of handicrafts or artworks in the new era." The symposium on the protection, inheritance and innovative development of Xinhui sunflower art was recently held in Xinhui, Jiangmen, Guangdong. The national intangible cultural heritage project Xinhui sunflower art Liao Huilin, a representative inheritor and a master of arts and crafts in Guangdong Province, analyzed the development trend of Xinhui sunflower art.

　　At the seminar, Liao Huilin described the transformation process of Xinhui sunflower products and sunflower handicrafts.

He believes that there is still a lot of room for development of the natural plant attributes of palm sunflower. With the integration of new materials and new techniques, Xinhui sunflower art will break out of a new world.

Participating experts visit Xinhui Kwai Art Inheritance Base Photo by Mai Ruicong

　　Xinhui is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese. It is also known as the "Sunflower Township" because of its rich palm sunflower.

Sunflower art in Xinhui has a long history. Sunflower tree planting and sunflower art processing began in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

After more than a thousand years of exploration, Xinhui people have integrated weaving, embroidery, painting and printing into one, making the processing of sunflower art products reach a state of perfection.

During the heyday of the sunflower industry, there were more than 300 sunflower plants in Xinhui, with more than 500 varieties of varieties.

　　Facing the future, how to further promote the sunflower culture of Xinhui and promote the inheritance and innovation of sunflower culture has attracted the attention of the outside world.

Regarding the direction of Xinhui Kwai Yi's new vitality, Du Zuoxiang, member of the National Culture and Tourism Public Service Expert Committee of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and former deputy director of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture, believes that relying on the intangible cultural heritage resources of Xinhui Kwai Yi to create a unique cultural heritage Travel brand, take a diversified development path, promote the creative transformation and innovative development of intangible cultural heritage protection, and demonstrate the value and vitality of the Chinese excellent traditional culture.

　　Chen Xi, deputy director of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Working Committee of the China Arts and Crafts Association and member of the Guangdong Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Expert Committee, made a keynote speech on "Thoughts on Sustainable Innovation and Design of Xinhui Sunflower Art", saying that returning to serve high-quality life is a traditional craft The goal of art development, traditional arts and crafts including Xinhui Kwai Art can only truly enter people's hearts if they return to life.

Only by being close to life and serving the people can the majority of professional workers ensure the basis of high-quality creation of traditional arts and crafts, establish the spirit of Chinese craftsmanship, and create Chinese aesthetic value.

Participating experts visit Xinhui Nantan Kuilin Photo by Mai Ruicong

　　Jiangmen continues to promote the younger generation to increase their understanding of Xinhui sunflower art.

Liang Xinming, a senior teacher in Jiangmen, said that the local primary and secondary schools take the construction of labor bases as the starting point to empower the innovative development of Xinhui Kwai Yi school-based curriculum, cooperate with off-campus and social resources to create a Xinhui Kwai Yi curriculum system, and guide young people to learn Chinese excellent Traditional culture, implement the goal of building morality and cultivating people.

　　Zhao Qionghua, the district-level representative inheritor of Xinhui Sunflower Art, said that it is necessary to continue to promote Xinhui Sunflower Art to the campus, guide the younger generation to understand and learn Xinhui Sunflower Art, so that this intangible cultural heritage can be passed on from generation to generation.

　　The symposium also carried out the performances of old sunflower artists and young people on the same stage, showing the exquisite skills of Xinhui sunflower art.

Afterwards, the participating experts also inspected Nantan Kwai Forest and Xinhui Kwai Art Inheritance Base.

It is understood that there are more than 1,500 mu of palm palm forest in Nantan sunflower forest, which has a history of hundreds of years.

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