What is the intangible cultural heritage of Lijiang?

Help Lijiang culture find its memory. What are the intangible cultural heritages in Lijiang, Yunnan? Do you blame these intangible cultural heritages for their historical and cultural significance? History cannot be lost. If you want to never lose it, let's learn more about these intangible cultural heritages!

Production technology of black copper and silver

"Black copper to silver" was once as famous as Beijing "Cloisonne" and was also called "the best copper art in the world". Removing silver from black copper means taking precious metals such as copper and gold as raw materials, melting them in a certain proportion to form a blank, and carving various patterns on the blank. Then the melted silver (gold) is put into fine patterns, cooled and polished to be smooth, and then the bottom copper is blackened by the ancestral process, exposing the silver (gold) patterns, showing a black-and-white (yellow) decorative effect. The products are mostly daily necessities such as ink cartridges, pen containers, hip flask, incense burner and vases.

Dongba painting of Naxi nationality

Dongba painting is one of the important contents of Dongba culture and art of Naxi nationality. It is popular in Gucheng District of Lijiang City and Yulong Naxi Autonomous County, and also distributed in Naxi inhabited areas in Shangri-La County of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Dongba painting mainly uses sawdust, Dongba paper and linen as raw materials, uses a homemade bamboo pen dipped in Song Yanmo to sketch the outline, and then paints with various natural pigments. Colorful, after hundreds of years do not fade. Most of them are gods, legendary ancestors, animals and plants believed by Naxi people. The painting method is mainly lines, the colors are mostly primary colors, and the composition is combined with calligraphy and painting, which retains the rich pictographic calligraphy characteristics.

Carving skills of Jianchuan woodcarving

The woodcarving in Jianchuan, Dali, has a history of thousands of years, which began in the 10 century. It has strong local characteristics and a style of both north and south. It is one of the important schools of woodcarving in China.

There are many kinds of woodcarving techniques in Jianchuan, which are self-contained, mainly divided into line carving, relief carving, round carving, multi-layer hollow carving and other techniques. At present, it has developed into six categories, including inlaid stone wood carving furniture, craft hanging screen and seat screen series, lattice door series, ancient buildings and interior decoration, tourism handicrafts and modern furniture, with more than 260 color categories.

Firing technology of Jianshui purple pottery

Jianshui Zitao began in Yuan Dynasty, with exquisite workmanship, delicate texture, bright color and unique style. The raw materials contain special minerals, which can be purplish red or sauce red after being made. The main processes are mud treatment, molding, firing, kiln discharge and polishing. Modeling is completely done by hand. After the basic shape is completed, it is generally necessary to paste various three-dimensional decorations on the surface, carve out various figures, and then fill the carved mess with white mud. Because of its good texture and strong artistry, it has the reputation of "body as iron, sound as exhausted, water as bright and brocade as bright".

Bayeux craft

The Dai language of Baye Jing is Tanlan, which involves Hinayana Buddhist classics in different periods, and there are many legends, poems, art, medicine and historical records. The production of shellfish leaves can be divided into technological processes such as material selection, trimming, cooking, sun pressing, carving and binding. Its carving method is very elegant. Scallop leaves are placed on a special warp frame and the scriptures are engraved with an iron pen. After carving more than ten pages, hemp rope can be made into a book. The Bayeux Classic is known as "China bearing the history and culture of the Dai people".