The Inheritance Significance of Lacquer Art in Chengdu

Lacquerware in Chengdu, an important carrier, is not only an important witness to the customs of Chengdu in the past dynasties and a messenger of cultural exchange, but also an important carrier of China's traditional aesthetic concept. It is a handicraft combining artistry and practicality. It is famous for its exquisite and gorgeous, rich and elegant, delicate luster and elegant and gorgeous pictures. The complexity of its technology, exquisite production and long time-consuming are amazing. Since the founding of New China, Chengdu lacquerware has been presented to foreign heads of state and friends for many times, enjoying a high reputation at home and abroad, and is known as the treasure of oriental art. As a national treasure, Chengdu lacquerware is displayed in the Sichuan Hall of the Great Hall of the People, and many treasures are collected by the Treasures Museum of China Art Museum.

At present, Chengdu lacquer craft is facing difficulties. First of all, it is difficult to find raw materials and tools. Because the lacquer used must be natural raw lacquer extracted from lacquer trees, ancient emperors and rich people had special lacquer gardens, but now lacquer trees are becoming more and more difficult to find. Sichuan not only has no special lacquer garden, but also wild lacquer trees are constantly being destroyed. With the decline of Chengdu Lacquer Craft Factory, the tools for making lacquerware are nowhere to be found, so we have to make them by hand.

The handcraft and artistry of traditional lacquer art determine that Chengdu lacquerware can not be produced in an industrialized way, but can only be made into finished products by manual labor and can only be passed down from mouth to mouth. In recent years, in the gap between tradition and modernity, Chengdu lacquer art is facing a huge survival crisis, the product market is narrow, and the producers are short of successors. Many traditional crafts have begun to be deformed and lost, and necessary protective measures must be taken as soon as possible to save this ancient handicraft that is about to become extinct.