Hefei, May 5 (Zhongxin Net) -- In early summer, Guangde, Anhui Province, is full of greenery, and green bamboo is full of vitality in the wind. As one of the "Top Ten Bamboo Townships in China", intangible cultural heritage skills such as Wang's fan making and Gaofeng Tang's bamboo weaving have a long history. In recent years, Guangde City has actively expanded the channels for increasing income from the intangible cultural heritage industry, turning "old crafts" into "new industries" and stimulating the vitality of intangible cultural heritage.
Bamboo ball fan, bamboo folding fan, bamboo woven fruit basket, bamboo woven warm kettle cover... The reporter recently followed the theme of "Xuancheng Practice of Integrated and High-quality Development of the Yangtze River Delta" to an intangible cultural heritage workshop in Gaofeng Village, Guangde City, where all kinds of bamboo weaving products are dazzling.
Zhang Changwei, secretary of the general branch of the party of Gaofeng Village, said that Gaofeng Village is a demonstration point of beautiful villages at the provincial level in Anhui, and the intangible cultural heritage workshop fully considers factors such as passenger flow, scenic spot distance, industrial layout and other factors in the selection of the site, combined with the national intangible cultural heritage Wang fan making and the provincial intangible cultural heritage peak Tang's bamboo weaving, including intangible cultural heritage cultural display, intangible cultural heritage handicraft experience, intangible cultural heritage tourism souvenir sales and other functions.
Wang Hongbin, the fifth-generation inheritor of Wang's fan-making skills, a national intangible cultural heritage project, is introducing bamboo fans. Photo by Chu Weiwei
"During the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, some members of the Wang family, who were engaged in fan making in Huangyan, Zhejiang, immigrated to Guangde and made a living from fan making. After several generations of development, it has become a pillar industry in the local area. Wang Hongbin, the fifth-generation inheritor of Wang's fan-making skills, a national intangible cultural heritage project, said that the local hairy bamboo used in fan-making has the characteristics of slender fiber, good toughness, beautiful color and texture, and the fan surface is made of local silk and Jing County rice paper.
At present, Mingde Bamboo and Wood Craft Products Co., Ltd., where Wang Hongbin works, has become a large self-operated export enterprise specializing in the production of traditional craft folding fans in Anhui. "More than 90% of the products are exported, mainly sold to Southeast Asia, Japan, Europe and other countries and regions." Wang Hongbin said that the company's annual output value is more than 5000 million yuan, which has driven more than 200 local farmers to increase income and become rich.
Tang Shengli is a native of Gaofeng Village, and is also the sixth generation inheritor of Anhui provincial intangible cultural heritage project - Gaofeng Tang's bamboo weaving. As the inheritor of the younger generation, she chooses to work innovation.
According to the "Guangde Prefecture Record", there are records of bamboo basket weaving and processing in Guangde in the Tang Dynasty. By the Song Dynasty, Guangde bamboo basket weaving had a wide influence in Liyang, Yixing, Huzhou, Changxing, Anji and other places in present-day Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
"While retaining traditional techniques, we also add modern elements according to the style that young people like today." Tang Shengli said, for example, adding a layer of lining to the bamboo woven bag to prevent the wear and tear of the items and increase the practicality. In addition, by interspersing bamboo fences with various colors and adopting new weaving techniques, it is more popular with young people.
An intangible cultural heritage workshop in Gaofeng Village, Guangde City, is full of various bamboo weaving products. Photo by Chu Weiwei
Tang Shengli said that the product is divided into different components of a bamboo weaving product to different villagers to make, and finally the finished components are collected and assembled into a finished product. "This has both increased production and a source of income for the villagers." At present, more than 20 villagers have been employed. ”
Just as Guangde bamboo basket weaving in the Song Dynasty went out of Guangde and into Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the current peak Tang's bamboo weaving is also exported to Shanghai, Anji and other places, and at the same time, through the blessing of e-commerce platforms, it is continuously sold throughout the country.
In recent years, Guangde City has made a lot of explorations in the development of intangible cultural heritage tourism, and many new formats such as "intangible cultural heritage + study", "intangible cultural heritage + homestay", "intangible cultural heritage + performing arts", "intangible cultural heritage + activities" and "intangible cultural heritage + festivals" have emerged, so that the ancient culture can be passed on vividly. (End)