During the Spring Festival, next to the small cultural landmark park in Shantou, the two-character paper-cut works on the window of the Chaohongji Small Park building attracted many people to stop and watch, and "pat pat" around the work. What attracted them? When you get closer, you will see that there is a world inside! Local landmark buildings such as Zhongshan Memorial Pavilion, Laoma Palace , Tropic of Cancer Square are all hidden in the word "Shantou".
This is a cultural feast presented to Shantou’s citizens by Chen Chuansheng, the inheritor of Shantou paper-cutting intangible cultural heritage - the theme exhibition of “Reviewing the Old and Knowing the New” intangible cultural heritage filigree paper-cutting art. Here, the new and the old blend together, and the trend and the ancient are in a dialogue.
"Review the old and learn the new" "Shantou" window paper-cut.
Two-dimensional presenting three-dimensional innovation to rejuvenate the beauty of art
Chaoshan culture has a long history. Chaoshan folk traditional art such as Chaozhou embroidery, paper cutting, wood carving, lantern riddles, etc. are passed down from generation to generation. Paper-cutting art alone has a history of more than 1,500 years. As the representative of it, Shantou paper-cutting combines the essence of two different artistic techniques of "carving" and "cutting" in Chaoshan area, forming a unique style. It is a representative project of Shantou city-level intangible cultural heritage .
The most eye-catching work this time - "Shantou", which shows Shantou's Tropic of Cancer, the special economic zone logo, urban high-speed rail, Asian Youth Club venue and other urban landmarks, recreating Shantou's past and present and changing urban development landscape.
This paper-cut work "Shantou" was created by Chen Chuansheng, a senior arts and crafts artist at and a representative inheritor of Shantou's paper-cutting municipal intangible cultural heritage.
Chen Chuansheng, inheritor of intangible cultural heritage paper cutting.
Regarding this cooperation with Chaocheng, Chen Chuansheng said that it is the common concept of "inheritance and innovation" that has brought the two sides together.
Chaochengji President Liao Chuangbin has always adhered to the concept of "protection, inheritance, practice Taoism and innovation". He spent more than ten years to build the Zhenbao Jewelry Museum to rescue and collect a large number of folk filigree products; at the same time, he opened a filigree inlay studio, specially invited intangible cultural heritage inheritors to come out to teach apprentices, cultivate young craftsmen, and allow the craft that is on the verge of losing can be continued. This seriousness and persistence in the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage craftsmanship made Chen Chuansheng empathize with it. Chen Chuansheng and Chao AG, one worked silently in traditional skills, and the other worked hard to protect traditional culture. The cooperation between the two sides hit it off.
Review the old and learn the new intangible cultural heritage exhibition.
In fact, Chen Chuansheng had already formed a relationship with Chao Acer a few years ago. In 2018, Chen Chuansheng's paper-cut work "Years" was made into a necklace and pendant, which became a special fund for Guangdong Province to promote economic development in 2018 and 2019.
"Nianhua"
"Although paper cutting and jewelry are both works of art, the technology of craftsmanship is very different. A major difficulty in cross-border cooperation is how to combine craftsmanship to express the connotation." Chen Chuansheng talked about the process of converting Chao Acer's "filament candies" into paper cutting works that this is a "extreme challenge" creation.
Fragrance inlay technology, as one of the "Eight Wonders of Yanjing", is a Chinese palace jewelry technology that is on the verge of losing. In 2008, it was included in the National Intangible Cultural Heritage List . Over the years, Chao Academic has carefully protected, inherited and innovatively interpreted this craft.
Chen Chuansheng sighed: Paper cutting is two-dimensional plane, while Chao Acer jewelry is three-dimensional. How to use two-dimensional images to express three-dimensional objects has become a difficult problem, not to mention the complex filament process, and the "filament filament candy" has a specific shape. "I first need to understand the characteristics and essence of the filament craftsmanship."
"Filigree Candy"
In order to gain an in-depth understanding of Chao Agent filament craftsmanship, Chen Chuansheng visited the Chao Agent Zhenbao Jewelry Museum many times and communicated with the inheritors of the skills. After carefully considering the exhibition works, he thought about how to organically combine the paper-cutting craftsmanship with the filament craftsmanship.
Finally, the paper-cut work created based on the "Filigree Candy" pearl pendant of Chao Acer became the most eye-catching one in Chao Acer Jewelry Park. Use traditional paper-cutting art to express modern jewelry. The two are organically integrated and complement each other, radiating the innovative artistic beauty.
Searching for roots in historical culture and learning the past and knowing the new and respecting the inheritance
For this "Reviewing the past and knowing the new" filigree paper-cutting exhibition, Lin Peixuan, brand director of Chaochengji Jewelry, said: "We hope to bring a new visual aesthetic to traditional craftsmanship with an innovative perspective, and hope to use a younger way to bring traditional culture back to the lives of young people. This is also considered in the location selection of the exhibition."
Small Park, Shantou Cultural Landmark.
Small Park is a recorder of the historical changes of Shantou's 100-year commercial port. The Zhongshan Memorial Pavilion is located in the center of a small park, opposite the department store, and now it has become a microcosm of the prosperity of the past. The Chaochengji Jewelry Park Building is next to the memorial pavilion. The building was built in 1935 and was formerly the branch of the famous Shanghai Paramount Hotel in Shantou. It was later changed to Queen's Restaurant, which was one of the most famous restaurants in Shantou at that time.
Chaochengji Small Park Building.
"This building is a fashionable display site of that era, and decades later it became a flagship store of a fashion jewelry brand. It belongs to the fashion of this era. This is an indescribable fate." The exhibition is located here. Chao Academic hopes to let intangible cultural heritage go through the years, and return to the public's vision with a brand new attitude that conforms to the current aesthetics. "I hope that through this artistic expression in different fields, we will inspire more possibilities, and while attracting more attention from the public, we will also use these vibrant individuals to inherit traditional cultural skills."
has combined design power to make intangible cultural heritage a "top stream"
How to break the barriers between intangible cultural heritage and modern life and integrate traditional skills into food, clothing, housing and transportation has always been an important topic in the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage. Chen Chuansheng believes that life should be artistic and art-like. "If everyone doesn't like it, or can only lie in a museum, paper cutting is dead. Integrating into life and fashion is the living, and living things can continue to move on." He said that the cooperation with Chao Acer is based on this point.
Let intangible cultural heritage live and not sleep in the corner. Chao Acer believes that commercial value should be re-inspired, which is also the best way to protect traditional cultural skills. However, relying solely on the brand itself is limited, so Chao Acer has been acting for many years to cross the boundaries of filaments with different art forms, such as launching the filaments star card with Starbucks , and launching the filaments concentric lock with Huaxizi.
filament candy series.
Chao Acer has always adhered to the concept of integrating inheritance and innovation of Chinese traditional culture, and has attracted artists and brands from different fields to join forces to cross the border. Last year, the UP owner of B station, who became popular with the "replica of the Sanxingdui Golden Mask", came to Chaochengji Film Studio to study with the master and spent several months to create the Film Space Station. After the video was launched, it ranked first in the content hot list of B stations and the hot search on Weibo , with more than 300 million exposures on the entire network.
Fragrance Space Station.
Whether it is this amazing cooperation with paper-cutting and filigree craftsmanship, or the continuous exploration and deep cultivation, it is undoubtedly another success in Chao AG's promotion of intangible cultural heritage culture. In a youthful and fashionable form, the concept of intangible cultural heritage inheritance is rooted in the hearts of the new generation of young people, allowing more people to join the ranks of inheriting intangible cultural heritage culture and jointly promote the excellent traditional Chinese culture.
[Written by] Huang Xiaoyun
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[Source] Southern Media Group Southern + Client
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