Leather art connects past and present
6 months ago

Leather art connects past and present

China Daily  

Jia Hongwei outlines a pattern to carve later at his art workshop in Hohhot, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. Blooming flowers, galloping horses and spectacular mountainous landscapes seem to spike your senses when walking into Jia Hongwei's leather painting facility in Hohhot, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. "Leather carving artworks feature a rich variety of subjects, including life scenes of various ethnic groups along the Yellow River, vibrant and beautiful peony flowers, majestic eagles spreading their wings in flight, and proud, elegant peacocks," says Jia who was born and raised in the region. Widely considered a microcosm of herdsman culture and an important cargo on the tea road that used to connect East China's Fujian province all the way to Mongolia and Russia, leather painting from the autonomous region was named a national intangible cultural heritage in 2021.

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Leather art connects past and present
6 months ago

Leather art connects past and present

China Daily  

Jia Hongwei outlines a pattern to carve later at his art workshop in Hohhot, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. Blooming flowers, galloping horses and spectacular mountainous landscapes seem to spike your senses when walking into Jia Hongwei's leather painting facility in Hohhot, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. "Leather carving artworks feature a rich variety of subjects, including life …

Leather art connects past and present
6 months ago

Leather art connects past and present

China Daily  

His artwork features people celebrating before the Tian'anmen Square. "It demands high-quality leather materials, which have to be meticulously selected, such as thick cowhide with fine pores," Jia says. "The crafting process is at the core of leather painting and a major test of an artisan's skill," Jia says. He did hundreds of experiments to ensure the hide won't crack …

Leather art connects past and present
6 months ago

Leather art connects past and present

China Daily  

An energetic scene depicts folk customs, including musical performances. Since 2016, Jia's art business has received subsidiaries from the China National Arts Fund, as well as the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on multiple occasions. In March, Jia's leather painting facility was named by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism as a national demonstration site for the production-based protection of …

Hohhot's Monishan town showcases its traditional culture
4 years, 5 months ago

Hohhot's Monishan town showcases its traditional culture

China Daily  

Jia Hongwei, an inheritor of Inner Mongolian leather painting, as well as chief of Monishan town, gets busy with his current work in Monishan town in Hohhot city, in North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on July 19. More than 80 handicraft and other intangible cultural heritage projects in Inner Mongolia and surrounding areas are currently being displayed in the …

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