Who will inherit the endangered traditional crafts?

In order to have a treasure that can be passed down from generation to generation, we must strengthen the protection and excavation of intangible cultural heritage, and use modern technology and market means to revitalize some traditional handicrafts. Most importantly, people should change their ideas and improve their understanding of traditional history and culture. After all, the power of classics is infinite, which requires us to spare no effort to inherit and carry forward. The so-called heirloom is actually a classic of the years.

Carpenters, blacksmiths, craftsmen, gardeners (sculptors), potters, cooks and so on.

Once upon a time, there were many skilled craftsmen living around us, who were almost inseparable from us, because most of the things we touched every day, whether it was chopsticks in our hands or bed chairs under us, came from their hands.

Only today, when technology and machinery have replaced most traditional crafts, on the one hand, some traditional craftsmen are drifting away and almost buried in our memory; On the other hand, the government has incorporated some traditional skills into intangible cultural heritage projects, and is protecting a number of traditional handicraft skills such as Dongyang woodcarving and Jinhua shortcake making, and wants to list them as industrial development.

Unified handicraft, as a part of intangible cultural heritage, embodies the essence of China's culture and art for hundreds or even thousands of years. With the improvement of people's living standards and the increase of foreign exchanges, there is an increasing demand for traditional handicrafts.

Just when we re-understand the traditional handicraft, we find that the cultivation of traditional handicraft talents is facing a fracture. Many non-legacy traditional craftsmen call for: who will inherit the traditional crafts that are on the verge of extinction!

According to a survey, in the enrollment of art vocational colleges, animation and games are almost the necessities of every school, while traditional handicrafts are almost absent. Some people say that the wages of traditional handicrafts are not high. Perhaps young people who have just entered this industry are generally treated, but traditional craftsmen who have worked for decades earn as much as gold collars. Whether young people can overcome impetuous psychology and concentrate on this industry is a problem that cannot be ignored.

Traditional technology used to be passed down from generation to generation in the form of "mentoring", but in order to prevent these technologies from being lost, it is very important to train traditional technical talents in batches.

The reporter had a conversation with Wang Aimin, the daughter of the artist Feng Wang, who is known as "the first scissors in Jinhua". She said that she inherited her father's craft. A few years ago, the art of paper-cutting was in a hopeless situation, and she was also very confused. Now paper-cutting has been included in the non-legacy list. In recent years, more children began to learn paper-cutting, which made her see some hope.

Perhaps folk crafts should enter the homes of ordinary people, so that more people can get in touch with them, understand them, and then understand and love them. The spring of traditional craft is in the people, the root of traditional craft is in the people, and the life of folk craft is also in the people. Protecting and inheriting these traditional things requires the joint efforts of all sectors of society.