Taiyuan, 6 Jun (ZXS) -- "Young people will not stick to the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage, because they have vivid insight and broad vision, and will open up a new situation." Liu Kuili, a folklorist and member of the honorary department of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told reporters.
How to inherit tradition while daring to innovate and perpetuate valuable handicraft skills is a common challenge for the new generation of inheritors. The National Youth Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritors Support Program, released in Taiyuan, is a pioneering initiative of the China Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Association.
Wang Xiaofeng, president of the association, pointed out that the two core pillars of the plan are mobilizing social forces to participate and focus on cultivating young inheritors. In his view, the core issue to be solved in the protection of intangible cultural heritage is inheritance, the key to which is the construction of the inheritor team, and the key is the participation and growth of the young generation.
On June 6, the 6 Cultural and Natural Heritage Day publicity activity "Splendid Shanxi Colorful Intangible Cultural Heritage" co-sponsored by the China Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Association and the Department of Culture and Tourism of Shanxi Province was held in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province. The picture shows young intangible inheritor Ding Lanying (first from right) communicating with visitors. Photo by Zhang Yun, reporter of China News Agency
The 20 inheritors selected in the first phase are all playing their respective fields. For example, Chen Kang, the municipal representative inheritor of Jingdezhen enamel production technology project and master of Jingdezhen Ceramic University, on the basis of inheriting the essence of traditional enamel, constantly innovates and changes, develops and formulates new pigments, and his enamel work "Wuyuan Impression" is collected by the Jingdezhen China Ceramics Museum; Zhang Juyue, the state-level representative inheritor of the Qiang embroidery project born in 1990, not only cooperated with a series of Qiang embroidery haute couture dresses across borders, but also cooperated with university laboratories to digitally present Qiang embroidery, and personally practiced the living inheritance of intangible cultural heritage empowered by science and technology.
The selected candidates generally have college and bachelor degrees, and master's and doctoral figures have also appeared, making up for the shortcomings of the previous "heavy skills, light culture" inheritance. Tang Zhongren, the inheritor of Longquan celadon firing technology, graduated from the China Academy of Art with a bachelor's degree, and in addition to studying craft techniques, he continued to study for master's and doctoral degrees in order to improve his knowledge system and craft level. With the continuous improvement of the level of knowledge structure and the close integration of theory and practice, the younger generation of Chinese intangible genetic inheritors are breaking the inherent inheritance mode of "oral transmission".
There are also young inheritors who promote local employment through training trainees, building factories and museums, and helping rural revitalization with intangible cultural heritage. Sun Yanling, the national representative inheritor of the Manchu embroidery project, has trained more than 17000,10 trainees in <> years, created nearly <>,<> jobs, created thousands of jobs, and formed an industrial army; Ding Lanying, the inheritor of the Yi ethnic clothing project, developed the embroidery industry, concentrated on large-scale to help rural women and disabled people find employment nearby, and helped special groups to increase income and become rich.
At the same time, these young inheritors also face common problems such as weak independent research and development, weak brand awareness, insufficient promotion capabilities, and lack of operational experience. Even Lin Lingxiang, the national representative inheritor of the silver forging skills (She's silverware forging skills) project, was also anxious about marketing when interviewed by reporters, "Even if I continue to improve and innovate in terms of skills, my personal ability is limited after all, and if the promotion is not done well, it is not easy to inherit." ”
Li Jiangping, the inheritor of the inkstone making skills (Tao Inkstone Making Skills) project born in a family of inkstones, said frankly that non-genetic inheritance must first solve the problem of survival. He believes that works can be divided into three grades - representative works that can participate in exhibitions and communicate with peers, fine products that can be collected and traded, and products that can enter the market of thousands of households.
"With inheritors alone, without a market and without integration with life, it is indeed difficult to pass on intangible cultural heritage," Liu Kuili said, recognizing that the main body of intangible cultural heritage protection and inheritance is not only the inheritors, but also the general public. It is precisely because in different dimensions of time and space, people's needs and aesthetics will change, and intangible cultural heritage inheritors must follow up and adapt to various changes.
It is reported that the "National Youth Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritors Support Program" will provide online and offline training, creative guidance, creative practice, market docking and other assistance for the support recipients, and carry out all-round publicity and promotion for young inheritors and intangible cultural heritage projects. (End)