Yangzhou jade carving rushes to the world's non-cultural material heritage

At present, the Ministry of Culture of China is organizing the nationwide report on the application of the 2013 UNESCO Human Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative List (hereinafter referred to as the World “Intangible Cultural Heritage”) and the best expression of the principles and objectives of the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Proposals for the Program for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage Programs, Projects and Activities (hereinafter referred to as the “Excellent Practice Roster”). Yesterday afternoon, the city confirmed the declaration list. Among them, Yangzhou jade carving will once again impact the world "intangible", engraving printing and Yangzhou commentary will be declared "excellent practice list."

The standard high must be the state-level non-heritage project Zheng Ni, deputy director of the Bureau of Culture and Media, Wenguang New Agency, said that the criteria for applying for the world “intangible” is very high. The project must first be included in the national "non-heritage" project, and this project must also reflect the typicality and representativeness of the cultural creativity of the Chinese nation, which is conducive to enhancing the cultural identity of the Chinese nation.

The “Excellent Practice Register” is for those projects that have been included in the national “non-heritage” projects. The protection and inheritance plan of the project has been formulated according to local conditions and put into effective implementation, which has promoted the protection, inheritance, and development of the project. It has achieved remarkable results and will eventually help promote international "intangible" exchanges and cooperation.

Emboldened enough, Yangzhou jade carving once reported that the world's non-lefteous Yangzhou jade carvings once again declared the world "insignificance" and made Yangzhou "intangible" expert Guan Shijun very gratified. In 2008, Yangzhou jade carving once declared the world “intangible” together with the engraving and printing. Eventually it failed because of the text.

“It should be said that the Yangzhou jade carving is the most proud project in Yangzhou, like the engraving and printing, and it has extremely strong competitiveness. However, experts at the two experts’ demonstration meetings held in Beijing proposed different views.” According to Guan Shijun, who was responsible for writing the “intangible” text, “For the first time, some experts said that they should mainly fight the “Saiyu culture.” For the second time, some experts said that they would mainly “jade carving techniques.” In a completely different category, the time for writing texts was very short, only about 10 days, and they could not stand the disagreement of experts and ultimately did not get a unified view.”

Eligibility for Three Major Advantages on behalf of China's Election According to Guan Shijun, Yangzhou jade carving is fully qualified to represent China in the world's "insignificance."

The first is a long history. According to the unearthed cultural relics, as early as 5300 years ago in the Yangzhou area, there was the behavior of Saitama, and there was corroboration of the relevant cultural relics. By the Han Dynasty, a unique system and characteristics had been formed; during the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty, the reputation of “Hetianyu and Yangzhougong” had already rang out across the country, and the “Dazhaozhishui Diagram” was the best among Chinese jade sculptures. It is known as China's "King of Kings."

More importantly, from ancient times to the present, the Yangzhou jade carving has never declined and it has always been talented people. The 2008 Olympic medal "Golden Eagle" was produced in Yangzhou. Gu Yongjun, the representative inheritor of the national "intangible", is known as the "first person of the Chinese mountain seed carving"; another Jiang Chunyuan's "Jade cabbage" is also a priceless treasure that has been collected everywhere. The "2011 China Jade Flowers and Flowers Award" concluded shortly before, Yangzhou masters also won four gold medals, "Yangzhou Gong" once again known the world.

Guan Shijun said that Yangzhou jade carvings have a great advantage in applying for the world's "intangibles", which is very much in line with the requirements of the "cultural identity" standard. In the hearts of many Chinese people, jade can not only be carved into a noble and valuable treasure, but also can be used as an ordinary jewelry worn by the people. For a long time, jade has also been given a "pure, warm, elegant" temperament, very popular with everyone.

Of course, in this declaration, the embarrassment of losing the last election should be avoided. In the text of the application, both culture and craftsmanship are necessary. This can not only reflect the jade culture of thousands of years, but also show the inheritance and development of ancient and modern techniques.

Two-in-one engraving printing PK Yangzhou jade carvings once again embarked on the impact of the world "intangible" trip, and in the application of "excellent practice roster", Yangzhou two projects are also facing the "two elections" problem. According to the regulations, each city can only declare one "outstanding practice roster", between engraving printing and Yangzhou appraisal. In the end, there can only be one representative of Yangzhou.

Engraving printing itself is the world's “intangible”, and its succession and development are making remarkable achievements. As a unit of inheritance, the Guangling Ancient Engraving and Printing Society in Yangzhou keeps the traditional arts and crafts, and constantly develops the products of engraving and printing to form a new cultural industry. In terms of inheritance, the agency also carried out various modes such as “teaching with the students”, school inheritance, social heritage, and fine heritage, and the more polished the gold-lettered signboards were.

The development of the Yangzhou commentary is equally gratifying. This verbal art from the people of Yangzhou City has not been interrupted for hundreds of years. It is also a great master. In the storytelling museum of Chinese storytelling prepared for construction in Taizhou, it has been determined that the statues of the two Yangzhou masters of the plastic sculpture of Kang Guohua and Wang Shaotang are plastic, which shows the influence of the art of Yangzhou Pinghua in the country. So far, Yangzhou Pinghua is still the art that Yangzhou people love to see. The commentary is full on the market.

“The inheritance and development of the two projects are very good, which also makes it difficult for us to choose. At present, we declare two, let the Provincial Department of Culture to determine the choice.” Zheng Ni said.

Many procedures have to go through layers of filtering. Wang Ke, Secretary-General of the Yangzhou “Intangible” Protection Center, said that currently Yangzhou has three world “intangibles”: engraving, guqin, and paper cutting. Among them, the engraving and printing is based on Yangzhou as the main body, and the guqin and paper-cutting are declared as binding units.

“Yangzhou jade carvings once again impacted the world's “intangibles” and were selected through layers. Now, they are declared in the provinces from Yangzhou; then, they are reported to the Ministry of Culture by the Ministry of Culture; ultimately, they can determine whether they can represent China and declare the world “not.” This year's Yangzhou Embroidery, as a bundled unit of "Suxiu," was unable to enjoy the Ministry of Culture." Wang Ke said, "But we have full confidence in Yangzhou jade carving. After all, this project has other projects. Incomparable advantages; at the same time, it has also been reported that it is the “comprehensive face” in the eyes of the judges, and certainly there will be some “impressions”.”