Traditional crafts shape future
1 year, 11 months ago

Traditional crafts shape future

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Many villagers have become inheritors and practitioners of local crafts. An antique tablet first greets one's eye at the entrance to the village that is a 30-minute drive from downtown Langfang, North China's Hebei province. He entered the Nanhan jade-grinding plant in 1982 and got to hone his skills of the craft under the tutelage of Zhou Qingyuan, a master artisan from the Beijing Gold Lacquer Inlaid Co, who was invited by the village authorities. "I was encouraged to commit myself to the craft when it was named a provincial intangible cultural heritage in 2017," Zhou Hongjun says. The technique has been widely applied to Chinese classical furniture and products of arts and crafts by intangible cultural heritage inheritors, including Zhou Hongjun, who are engaging in classic art creations in Nanhan village.

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