China News Service, Putian, November 24th (Reporter Lin Chunyin) On the 24th, the 16th China (Putian) Strait Arts and Crafts Fair (hereinafter referred to as the "Art Fair") opened in Putian, Fujian Arts and Crafts City.
The four-day art fair, with the theme of "Ingenuity and Quality Life", is organized by the China Light Industry Federation, the Industrial Culture Development Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the Cross-Strait Entrepreneur Summit Modern Service Industry and Cultural and Creative Industry Cooperation Promotion Group Co-hosted; the Central Academy of Fine Arts as an academic support unit; China Arts and Crafts Association, China Arts and Crafts Society, China National Folk Arts and Crafts Artists Association, Fujian Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Fujian Provincial Committee, Putian Municipal People's Government co-host.
Taiwan's boutique finds its way against the market
The exhibition hall of the main venue of the art fair reaches 12,000 square meters, and the exhibits cover more than 30 categories. More than 400 enterprises from both sides of the strait participated in the exhibition with tens of thousands of high-quality goods.
Among them, the Taiwan Craft House Association, the Taiwan Top Crafts Association, and the Taiwan Cultural and Creative Industry Alliance jointly promoted more than 10 masterpieces of Taiwanese masters to participate in the exhibition.
Xu Chaozong, honorary chairman of the Taiwan Association of Craftsmen, Jiang Youting, a Taiwanese Tianmu master, Wu Qing, a Taiwanese metalworking master, Ye Zhicheng, chairman of the Taiwan Top Crafts Association, and many other famous teachers' works were exhibited on the same stage.
Walking into the Taiwan Boutique Museum, there are a dazzling array of ceramics, lacquerware, firewood, and wood carvings.
Xu Chaozong's Chinese pottery pot fired with his unique glaze, rust flower, is dazzling in gold, showing a deep, quiet, rich and complete demeanor.
Jiang Youting's Tianmu cup is well-fired, and the mouth of the cup is actually shining with a strange light. It has achieved a technical breakthrough in the ancient kiln firing method and has a unique style.
Wu Qing exhibited the most "microscopic" group of golden ants, with lifelike statues and demeanor.
At the 16th China (Putian) Strait Arts and Crafts Fair, 248 works of artists and young students from 92 countries were exhibited.
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Lin Yunan, secretary-general of the Taiwan Top Crafts Association, told reporters that Taiwanese crafts are divided into 15 categories based on different materials, among which pottery and porcelain crafts employees account for more than half of the total number of craftsmen. "Many people look to the mainland to seek traditional skills nourishment, and open up a larger market."
This year's art fair highlights the same root of the "Straits" and the integration of cultures. It deepens the cooperation with the modern service industry and cultural and creative industries of the Cross-Strait Entrepreneur Summit to promote the cooperation of the group. It also organizes Fujian and Taiwan arts and crafts masters to compete on the same stage for the "Yi Ding Cup" Chinese woodcarving On-site creation competition, clay sculpture skill competition and other activities, compete in skills and communicate with each other.
The art fair also highlights digital empowerment, and the live auction is synchronized.
Yu Jianguo, secretary-general of the Cultural and Creative Industry Cooperation Alliance of the Cross-Strait Entrepreneur Summit, told reporters that despite the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, Taiwanese industrial artists were unable to visit the scene in person, but everyone is looking forward to finding more business opportunities and markets through "running the exhibition". More Taiwanese industry players have cooperated with their organizations to try to find soulmates in the mainland through live broadcast e-commerce.
Taiwan Lantern Exhibition Hall.
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Sino-foreign exchange woodcarving refinement
This Art Fair will also open up 5 sub-venues of the 10th China (Xianyou) Red Expo in 2022, China Chenqiao Furniture Park, Shangtang Jewelry City, Putian International Oil Painting City, and Zheng Chunhui Wood Sculpture Museum, and hold 3 sessions at the same time Awards events, 2 forums and 1 online art fair.
In the main venue "Millennium Carving Soul" theme pavilion, mainly wood carvings, covering Putian characteristic carving crafts such as ivory carving, bamboo carving, stone carving, jade carving, etc., reflecting the craftsman spirit of "Millennium Carving Soul" passed down from generation to generation by Putian arts and crafts masters.
In the "Wood and Life" International Wood Works Museum, 248 works of artists and young students from 92 countries were exhibited together on the same stage, promoting the cultural exchange between Chinese wood carving and world wood carving.
At the same time, the 13th "Yi Ding Cup" Chinese Woodcarving On-Site Creation Competition, the 8th China Clay Sculpture Statue Skills Competition, and the 2022 "Zhongjiang Cup" Chinese Arts and Crafts Creative Design Competition will be held simultaneously.
As the organizer of the "Yi Ding Cup", Li Yuguang, deputy secretary-general of the China National Folk Arts and Crafts Artists Association, said in an interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com that the co-exhibition of Chinese and foreign works and multiple competitions will help further enhance the innovation and creativity of the exhibition and explore new works. Cultivate new craftsmen.
"Putian's intangible cultural heritage skills of traditional religious statues and clay sculptures are the mother body of intangible cultural heritage skills such as Putian wood carving, stone carving, bronze carving and lacquer painting. We urgently need innovative talents to emerge."
Resplendent woodcarving works.
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"Mulan Fragrance Street" continues to write the hundreds of billions of fragrance industry
On the 24th, the 2nd China (Putian) Aroma Culture Industry Conference (hereinafter referred to as the "Aroma Conference") opened at the Putian Convention and Exhibition Center, and the exhibition lasted for 4 days.
The theme of this year's fragrance industry conference is "Meet in Putian, Fragrant China", co-sponsored by the China Arts and Crafts Society and the Putian Municipal People's Government, and undertaken by the Putian Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology and the Fragrance Culture and Art Professional Committee of the China Arts and Crafts Society.
This year's "Perfume Industry Conference" held the "Zhongxiang Cup" award competition, "Apricot Forum on Fragrance" forum activities, lectures on fragrance and live broadcasts, "Baixiang Brand" press conference, and held the 2nd China Arts and Crafts Society Fragrance Culture Activities such as the Art Professional Committee Conference, the National Joint Meeting of Agarwood Industry Presidents, the sharing of Chinese incense culture and traditional incense experience have promoted the in-depth development of arts and crafts single category.
In his speech, Ren Jianxin, vice chairman of the China Arts and Crafts Society, said that in the long-term development of incense culture, Putian has gradually become a trade center for spices in contemporary China and a place for the production and integration of incense culture and art.
In his speech, Lin Honghai, director of the Fragrance Culture and Art Professional Committee of the China Academy of Arts and Crafts, analyzed and summarized the advantages of China's fragrance industry in Putian. In addition to the geographical advantage of raw materials, Putian's local policies for the development of the fragrance culture industry have also attracted talents. .
He pointed out that Putian is currently highlighting the culture leading the industry, and Putian took the lead in establishing a comprehensive teaching system in colleges and universities, which has played an important role in the development of talents in the training industry.
The scene of the 8th China Clay Sculpture Statue Skills Competition.
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This year's Fragrance Industry Conference also invited 12 well-known universities including the Education Committee of the China Arts and Crafts Society, the Central Academy of Fine Arts, the China Academy of Art, and the Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts to hold the "China Fragrance Culture University Education Development Forum" to further explore new directions for the development of the fragrance culture industry. .
This year's "Perfume Industry Conference" takes Putian's mother river "Mulan River" as the main design line, and hundreds of incense shops are strung together on both sides of it to form "Mulan Fragrance Street".
Luo Zijie, the chief planner of the event, said in an interview that Mulan Fragrance Street also uses water to link the fragrance culture on both sides of the strait, implying the same ancestor, same root, and same origin of Chinese culture, so as to express the people's yearning for a better life.
Many incense companies from Guangdong, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Guangxi and other places participated in the exhibition.
"We hope to promote the internationalization of the fragrance culture brand and lead the development of the industry with brand power." Zhang Xuan, chief designer of the China (Putian) Fragrance Culture Industry Conference, said that the fragrance industry has a small industry scale, weak product brands, and cultural symbols that have not yet been formed. There are many deficiencies. This year's conference will use the "Baixiang brand" as the main exhibition element, and will unify the sales and promotion of the Baixiang cultural brand with the most core development potential. ".
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