Regarding the intangible cultural heritage during the Dragon Boat Festival, today we focus on some intangible cultural heritage that have gone abroad and are popular abroad. In Foshan, Guangdong, there is an intangible cultural heritage - the "drifting" dragon boat, which can perform "speed and passion" in the water, and has become famous overseas. What does a drifting dragon boat look like? How do you develop the skill of quickly casting a "phantom"?
main station reporter Qu Baiyu: The place where I am now is Diejiao Community in Foshan, Guangdong. Today I want to take you to take a look at the dragon boat drifting here again. Today is not an official match day. In fact, the team members are training. Who would have thought that an ordinary training could attract so many people to watch.
For the Diejiao people, the annual Dragon Boat Festival is a more lively festival than the Spring Festival. Even those who work and study in other places have only one place they must go during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, and that is to go home to participate in the dragon boat race. .
The dragon boat race in Diejiao is different from the racing dragon boats in other places. It is not a straight line, but many curves at different angles. The more than 30 players on the boat have a clear division of labor and continuously complete turns, emergency stops, sprints and The highly difficult movements such as turning back and forth, the ability to drift, and the ability to reverse gear, and the intense competition attract tourists from all over the country to watch the competition every year.
There are a total of 37 participating team members on this boat, 30 of whom are rowing coxswains, 6 are front and rear coxswains who control the direction, and one drummer.
This boat is 25 meters long in total, and the widest part of the river is only 6 meters. Only after getting on this boat can you feel how narrow this place is. Due to the narrow river, the dragon boats can only be launched into the water one by one to compete. In the end, the one with the fastest time wins. So many times, what players want to surpass is actually themselves.
Diejiao Dragon Boat Festival has a set of agreed-upon rules, from starting the dragon boat, swimming the dragon boat, racing the dragon boat to washing the dragon boat water and eating the dragon boat meal. To this day, the Diejiao people still uphold this sentiment passed down from their ancestors. They not only add a strong touch to Lingnan culture, but also bring many traditional crafts and intangible cultural heritage related to dragon boats to the whole country and the world.
▲ June 10th is the Dragon Boat Festival, and a traditional maritime dragon boat race is held in Qiaogang Town, Beihai City, Guangxi, the hometown of overseas Chinese. Photo by Zhai Li Qiang published by China News Service
Intangible cultural heritage dragon boat has opened a new international map
Drums are beating and paddles are waving in the waves. Here, we can't help but want to cheer for the contestants. Not only is this kind of competition attracting attention, in this city known as the "Hometown of Dragon Boating in the Country", dragon boat culture is telling the story of China's intangible cultural heritage to the world in different forms such as traditional folk customs, competitions, and cultural and creative products.
When it comes to "shipbuilding", Li Baoan, who is 88 years old this year, will change from reticent to talkative. For more than 60 years, Li Baoan has been insisting on using the traditional mortise and tenon fitting process. A dragon boat of the same size is made of different materials and takes different time. The shortest is two months, and the longest may take more than half a year.
Li Baoan will also customize dragon boats according to the body shape of the dragon boat team members. The dragon boat training of the Chinese team in the Guangzhou Asian Games was also made by him. "Made by Li Baoan in Sanshui" has now become a major "gold lacquer signature" of Lingnan's cultural heritage.
Li Baoan, the inheritor of Sanshui Dragon Boat Production, a municipal intangible cultural heritage project in Foshan: Most large and small dragon boats from Hong Kong, Fujian, Jiangxi, and Shunde come to me. Now I just want to go one step further and make our dragon boats reach the world level.
Today, Lingnan dragon boat racing has gone abroad and participated in international competitions in a competitive manner. Li Baoan's wish became a reality.
This factory in Foshan innovatively integrates traditional pottery and dragon boat culture and launches a series of cultural and creative products. This little dragon, which is less than 20 centimeters tall, is now hard to find abroad. The group of young people from the Greater Bay Area in the
picture use digital technology to develop cultural and creative products. They 3D scanned the structural components of the dragon boat and laser-engraved them into model boards, turning them into a set of models that can be assembled by themselves for everyone to experience. The fun of building dragon boats. Today, these intangible cultural heritage products have been exported to Australia, the United States, Mauritius and other places.
Hong Kong youth Xian Zhuoheng: Like Mauritius, basically more than a thousand sets of this set of dragon boat models can be sold every month.
During the Dragon Boat Festival, Chinese dragon boats attract tourists from home and abroad to come and experience the charm of Lingnan folk customs.
Foreign tourists: I hope that more and more people will be interested in learning about Chinese culture, such as the Dragon Boat Festival. I really hope that more people will come and experience it for themselves.
The ancient charm of Nanyin Concert spreads all over the world
After talking about the story of the dragon boat going out to sea, let’s get to know another intangible cultural heritage that also went abroad. During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, a Nanyin-specific "concert" was held in Fujian, and it was packed with seats. What is the unique charm of this "concert"? Let's go see it again. The piece
is playing is called "Birds Returning to their Nest". The beautiful melody combined with modern rhythm is endlessly memorable.
Audience member Jiang Jiaxin: This is my first time listening to court music from the Tang Dynasty. It is more lyrical and soft, and can release something in people's hearts. This young actor on
not only appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage last year, but also went to New York, USA, to perform Nanyin.
Actor Xu Yanyan from Quanzhou Nanyin Heritage Center: Especially our costumes are very popular and have been recognized by many people. We have also received a lot of love. Many people come to take photos.
Quanzhou Nanyin, as one of the oldest types of music in my country, is also known as the "living fossil" of Chinese music. In the past two years, not only has it performed many times in Southeast Asia and Europe, but it has also gone to the United Nations Headquarters for exchange performances.
How can intangible cultural heritage go from "popular" to "long-lasting" when it goes abroad?
Not only Nanyin, but now more and more intangible cultural heritage are on the international stage. Dehua white porcelain from Fujian is as white as snow, as transparent as silk, and as moist as jade. As early as the Song and Yuan Dynasties, it was exported to countries and regions along the Maritime Silk Road. Today, this intangible cultural heritage technique has spread all over the world.
It is a good thing for intangible cultural heritage to become popular overseas, but during the interview, the reporter found that not many can become popular. How to make intangible cultural heritage not only go out, but also go far and steadily?
This porcelain blank, which looks like a dragon boat, was specially made for the Dragon Boat Festival by Zhang Minggui, a master of arts and crafts. He told reporters that this creative product with Chinese characteristics uses the traditional craftsmanship of Dehua porcelain and has been booked by an overseas customer.
Zhang Minggui, a master of arts and crafts in Fujian Province: I went to the United States to attend a promotion meeting, and I found that many foreign friends particularly like our ceramic products. This time I specially added some Chinese elements during the creation process.
As a pioneer in going overseas, Dehua Ceramics’ cross-ocean journey has not been smooth sailing. Data from the local Ceramics Office shows that although Dehua ceramics exported more than 30 billion yuan last year, most of them were festival gifts and kitchen supplies, and less than one-tenth of them actually had Chinese elements.
Zhang Minggui told reporters that ordinary art ceramics are not widely accepted overseas, so he innovatively incorporates more Chinese elements in the hope of making a breakthrough.
Also exploring innovation is Zheng Pengfei. These piggy banks with different shapes are also made with Dehua ceramics technology. However, when they were first launched, they hit a wall.
Zheng Pengfei, general manager of Shunmei Group: We made the wrong coin slots for piggy banks at that time. There were tens of thousands of piggy banks, and the coin slots were all too small. Buyers did not want the entire batch of goods, and the money was not paid to you. Later, we made a standard for it, which can be used in more than 180 countries and regions around the world, and it has become a world standard.
Through trial and error, Zheng Pengfei was able to gradually expand his overseas business and set up a R&D center in Germany, allowing exquisite Chinese ceramics to spread around the world starting from Dehua.
Zheng Pengfei, general manager of Shunmei Group: Every product must have a story and a good culture embedded in it. Use porcelain as a matchmaker to make more friends.
Nowadays, Dehua ceramics is entering more people's lives and has become an indispensable element in fashion trends.
Dehua County Magistrate Fang Junqin: Build trade platforms with countries and regions co-constructing the “Belt and Road” and rcep member countries, organize international tours, set up promotion displays + overseas warehouse sales centers, continue to layout overseas markets, and better enter the international market stage, to the world.
The export of intangible cultural heritage not only enhances the national pride of each of us, but also tells China’s wonderful intangible cultural heritage stories to the world, creating a more attractive image of China. (End)
Reporter/Zhu Jiang Zhang Congjing Qu Baiyu
Source: CCTV News Client
