How long has the craft of Gao Lou rice noodles been lost, and how was it lost?

The craft of high-rise rice noodles has been lost for nearly 70 years, and was picked up by a Fuzhou boy, Chen Guorui, four years ago, so that this folk art could see the light of day, and now high-rise rice noodles have been a Changle municipal intangible cultural heritage, and in 2018 it was also included in the intangible cultural heritage program of Fuzhou City.

What is Gao Lou Rice Thread

Gao Lou Rice Thread is a handicraft whose earliest origins can be traced back to the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, and has been passed down for more than 300 years in Gao Lou Village, Guhuai Town, Changle City, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, as well as an artifact that is required to be used by the Chen Clan's Ancestral Hall of Gao Lou Village for the ancestor rituals held on the twelfth day of the first lunar month every year.The craft is made from grains and grains of This handicraft is made of grains of rice spliced together, from the initial plane into a semi-dimensional and three-dimensional suspension, can be made into a variety of exquisite form, very test the creativity of the craftsmen.

Chen Guorui, now the only inheritor of the rice threads, began to really touch the threads four years ago, when he heard the village elders say that this skill will be completely lost if they do not pick it up, and he just happened to study art-related majors, so as a new generation of young people in the village, he feels that he has the responsibility to bring this craft back to the forefront. Chen Guorui in order to y understand the high-rise rice noodles, access to a lot of historical information, but also asked the village elders, because there is no physical can be used as a reference, so at first the heart is also bottomless, and then he went to Changle Archives to check the relevant county records, with their own imagination to start hands-on operation, and finally succeeded in making a lotus and a Linglong Pagoda, which has also given him great confidence.

Every time he makes a high-rise rice noodle, Chen Guorui will record it in the form of words and pictures, and he also intends to write a textbook, which will serve as a model for reference, and share his own rice noodle-making experience with more young people. Although new things are coming out, but the old skills should be preserved, and the new generation of young people should be like Chen Guorui, to pass on our traditional Chinese skills forever.