Revitalization of traditional crafts | Gao Gongbo: The artistic charm of Yueqing Yellow Popular Wood Carving in "Novelty Movement"

Promote the revitalization of traditional craftsmanship in contemporary society, tap the value of creative handicrafts, stimulate the inspiration and carefully handicraft potential, help promote the spirit of craftsmen, the culture of thick craftsmanship, advocate focus on adherence, pursue excellence, and establish quality in quality. Be conscious, promote the quality revolution, cultivate and form national brands with national characteristics; help promote employment, achieve precision poverty alleviation, increase the income of urban and rural residents, enhance the vitality of traditional neighborhoods and villages; Innovative development.

In order to show non -heritage integration into the lives of the people, strengthen the people's sense of recognition, participation, and gain of the people, reflect the role of non -heritage service contemporary and benefit the people, and show the creative transformation and innovation in the process of high -quality development of traditional craftsmanship Sexual development results. Recently, Cultural Tourism China planned to launch the special content of "craftsman · ingenuity, craftsmanship -focusing on traditional crafts". In this issue, the guests of China Arts and Crafts and the national representative inheritance of the national arts and crafts of Yueqing Boycourse Gao Gongbo.

In the deep affection, the Yangmu of 57 has become an important part of life.

Gao Gongbo during his middle school began to associate with the poplar carvings. At that time, more than 100 meters away from the school of the Yangwu woodcarving factory from Gao Gongbo. Whenever she passed the Popular Wood Carving Factory after school, Gao Gongbo would be attracted by the sound of the workers in the factory. "That voice is particularly pleasant. I often stood behind the master and watch it carefully. They knocked out a rough image of a poplar carved character in less than half an hour, which surprised me."

After graduating from middle school, Gao Gongbo was selected among hundreds of registration objects during a Yangwu woodcarving factory. Since then, he has started his 57 -year -old poplar wood carving career.

Speaking of creation, Gao Gongbo said that the important mission of creation is the in -depth understanding of society and let the true and beautiful stories of society stay in the world forever. "Techniques are used in the times. I have created" White Angel "(Capital Museum Collection) during the SARS period;" Seeing Love People "during the Wenchuan Earthquake (Favorites of the Sichuan Earthquake Museum); "The same Dream" (Collection of the Chinese Olympic Committee); "Adverse Corps" (Favorites of Wenzhou Medical University), which fights the epidemic of new crown pneumonia, etc., the purpose is through their deep feelings of life, and the heroes will always be fixed in the poplar wood carving works forever Middle. I hope my work must be full of the true feelings of the world, and retain the glory and intimate image of 'hero' and 'most brave people'. "

"Angel White"

The Yueqing Huang Yangmu carving represents the historical memory of the long culture of Yueqing in Wenzhou. It is an important form of folk artists externally communicating and expressing ideological feelings. For Gao Gongbo, Yueqing's Yangwu woodcarving is the closest folk art language in his hometown, and it is also the best form of his willingness to express his willingness.

"After reading the well -known operaist Li Yu in the Qing Dynasty, Li Yu commented on the Yangmu as the" Gentleman "of the Muzhong, and felt that he had been talking and communicating with the 'gentleman' for half a century. The gentleman 'wishes can create unique works. It can also be said that the poplar has become an important part of my life. "Gao Gongbo said.

Shouzheng innovation, let Leqing Huang Yangmu sculpture rejuvenate and charm ✦

Traditional craftsmanship contains the cultural value, ideological wisdom and practical experience of the Chinese nation, and is an important part of the intangible cultural heritage. While inheriting the Yueqing Yangwu woodcarving, Gao Gongbo has also been committed to creating and innovating it. In Gao Gongbo's view, inheritance is not to take over the techniques in the hands of his predecessors to the next generation, but to take over the predecessor's inheritance skills, and to promote it forward through your own thinking and innovation. Significance. "Inheritance is not copying the past, but creating the future."

In the past 57 years, Gao Gongbo has innovated or pioneered the yang root sculpture, Yangyang split carving, and the uterine carving carving from traditional woodcarving, and has continuously demonstrated the artistic charm of Yueqing Yangwu woodcarving. "I especially like to pursue different forms and content. For example, the root carving art lies in the use of the natural form of the outside of the root block to develop beauty to make beauty, so as to achieve the purpose of 'unsatisfactory meaning, with no exhaustion', in the" intention In the artistic realm of "unintentional seeking" in the unintentional "unintentional"; the art of splitting is focused on digging the beauty of the inner texture of the poplar wood, split with a knife ax, takes the natural shape of its texture, with traditional techniques and beauty The sculpture method of the courtyard portrays the characteristics of the character's expressions. The split tattoo of the flow not only connects the external characteristics, but also tightly triggers the inner voice of the material. In the convergence of splitting, the inner charm of the material life is displayed; Art is to use the reasoning method of ideas and the original charm of natural roots. It is a highly summarized natural trend to control the concept of inaction. Call the natural life in a freehand form. The original appearance of Pu is pursuing the realm of styling and unique artistic effects. "Gao Gongbo said.

According to Gao Gongbo, in order to better develop the art of Yueqing Yellow Popular Wood Carving, in 1999, he held the "Gao Gongbo Wong Popular Wood Carving Art Exhibition" at the China Art Museum. Later, they held solo exhibitions at the Zhejiang Museum and Wenzhou Museum, etc., to further introduce the art and characteristics of Leqing Weeping Popular Wood Carving to the society. In July 2022, Gao Gongbo held the "Gao Gongbo 'Evanic Art Exhibition" at the Zunyi Art Museum, exhibiting Chinese stories carved from 118 woods from 118 countries, as well as Friendship and stories and other art works. "Belt and Road"

In order to show the results of the protection and inheritance of my country's outstanding handicrafts, promote the excellent traditional culture of China. Gao Gongbo also went to the United Emirates of Arabia to perform 40 days of exhibitions and techniques. Essence

Continuous inheritance, let Leqing Huang Yang wood carvings integrate into modern life ✦

Let the Yueqing Yangwu woodcarva better integrate into life, find the connection point between traditional culture and modern life, and enhance people's sense of participation, gain, and identity of Yueqing Yangwu woodcarving. It is also what Gao Gongbo has been doing for many years.

Over the years, Gao Gongbo has continuously demonstrated the technique of music and clearing wood carving in public places, and actively spread his artistic culture to the society. He was invited to universities such as Tongji University, Beijing Forestry University, Zhejiang Normal University and other universities to teach the skills of yang woodcarving and conduct on -site technical training; participate in the directional training of Wenzhou Special Education School and Yueqing Vocational Secondary School, and establish a "non -" special education school for Wenzhou The genetic inheritance hall; in the second half of 2022, it will enter the Wenzhou Security Institute to regularly train 20 college students to develop and create a new form of Yueqing Yellow poplar wood carving with the students as the main body, so as to get out of the new model of the inheritance and creation of Leqing Huang Yang woodcarvings. In addition to entering the campus, Gao Gongbo also cooperated with Yiwu Zhizunbao Mangoshima Furniture Co., Ltd. to strive to integrate the creative concept of Yueqing Weiyu and woodcarving into it, so that Leqing Weiyang Wood Carving is better integrated into people's lives.

"Learn from the west"

Since the art of Yueqing Yellow and Popular woodcarving, the "new concept, wonderful shape, independent personality, and beauty change" has always been the motto of Gao Gongbo's creation practice. Gao Gongbo said: "Only those with new ideas can follow the society and continue to create new works; only a wonderful shape can retain more beautiful images; all successful works are not just the meticulous carving details alone The engraved, sometimes it is exactly in the ingenious conception; and personality is the life of art. Only by constantly changing can we find the space for expansion. Because of this, I have been pursuing my own innovative goals. I think the value of life should be the value of life. Put in constant thinking and exploration, and use better works to return our society. "

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Editor: Yuan Ming

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