Viewers like being sucked into a magic show when artists cut two circles from two separate pieces of paper, which, when pulled up they overlap to form a seamless and beautiful.
With rich history for thousands of years, the ancient capital of Nanjing in China is known as the birthplace of many traditional handicrafts attractive.Due to hard to get rich craft tradition in modern society, so the actual number of days fading career. In addition, the manual work is not everyone can learn and do. It requires the artist to have a keen eye and meticulous.
Therefore, today's technology makes some crafts and folk practices that preserve no more. Below are some of the distinctive lines of Chinese preserved to this day and has been recognized by UNESCO .
Technical carved in China
Jiling Publishing business is a house built in the style of traditional Chinese, with a large yard. It includes a museum and a publishing house with a collection of hand-carved woodblocks to print the country's largest trading. It is also one of the very few places in the world still using woodblocks Buddhist sutras (the wood). Its publications are distributed to temples throughout the country.
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Art of woodblock printing business in Nanjing meticulous, picky.
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The printing of this manually requires painstakingly, carefully polished. First, we must Buddhist scriptures carved on woodblocks, then printed on paper.The paper is then folded and stapled. Jinling Publishing contains about 125,000 woodblocks types, is used to print more than 1,500 classic. One of the business known as the Diamond Sutra and the Heart Sutra.
With the significant nature of traditional storage, small publishers have been recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage to the World.
Art of paper cutting
Paper cutting is one of the handicraft industry of China is recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2009 to cut paper Chinese Paintings are not just folk culture but also a cultural component contains the soul of the people. Since the introduction of the art of paper cutting paper appeared almost simultaneously. It became popular in China, especially in the Song Dynasty.
The first artist is probably serving members of the court, then cut the paper and quickly spread into folk art. It was used by the Chinese people for many reasons such as home décor, lanterns, the festival ... The model used in the paper-cutting is taken from Chinese mythology.
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Delicate art of paper cutting in Nanjing.
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One of the skilled artisans craft paper cut while keeping in Nanjing today is Zhang. He is the fourth generation of the family are engaged in this activity.His name and famous family, who are on Chinese television.
One of the performances of his fame was cut two circles from two separate pieces of paper. But when the cut is finished and pulled them up, two circles overlap to form a seamless and very beautiful. Previously in China, who are often hired to cut paper cut in the shape wedding brings meaning goodness.
Silk Van Cam
Nanjing Brocade (also known as continental Van Cam) is a kind of brocade made in Nanjing, previously only available to cater to the royal family. By the Qing Dynasty, the development of new Van Cam became immediately popular in both the popular classes.
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A handmade products with exquisite motifs on silk rent in Nanjing.
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Van Cam famous silk exquisite technique, elegant and smooth. Fabric designs of many diverse and beautiful motifs. Van Cam also means "beautiful as a sunset cloud." However, to complete a brocade silk brocade, the artist who takes a lot of time and effort, plus meticulous care.
Currently, silk production base in Nanjing are still using the old wooden loom, like more than 1,500 years ago, people still often used. Van Cam weaving technique is also recognized as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2009 possible.
Paper Lanterns
In the early years, Cao Zhen Rong artists and people in his workshops often focus on more than 10,000 lanterns to cater for Lunar New Year in Nanjing.Mr. Cao has many years of senior Lantern and learned the craft from his father, when he was 12 years old.
Mr. Cao said since South Korea (420-589), in the area before Confucius Temple, Qinhuai River, the lantern has been widely used in the festival.since then, always lantern familiar images, close and indispensable in the lives of the Chinese people. In the opinion of the ancients, lanterns chased the devil, bring good luck and happiness to every home. In China now has 7 large lantern festival, which is: Qinhuai Lantern Festival, Lantern Festival Yu Garden, Zigong Lantern Festival, Lantern Festival Shengjing, Xi'an lantern festival, festival Spring Baotu lanterns, lantern festival Litchi Bay.
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These paper lanterns are made entirely by hand.
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The art of making gold leaf
Jiangning District in Nanjing is home to major gold producing leaves with 70% yield and 60% nationwide over the world. To make a piece of gold foil with a thickness of 0.12 mm, the artists had to work very painstakingly, picky and spent tens process. Under the talented hands of artists, each gram of gold can be plated with an area of up to 0.47 m2. Most of these pieces of gold leaf and inlaid decorative surface objects or Buddha sculptures in temples.
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Art gold plated, made of gold leaf artisans in Nanjing has more sophisticated level.
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Anh Minh
Photo: CNN
Photo: CNN
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