“In May, the pomegranate flowers shine brightly, and when the branches are in the middle, the seeds begin to grow.”. On May 16, the glittering exhibition of Cheng Zhifang’s gold and silver art works opened in Yongkang Museum.
The exhibition site is divided into several space units to display one by one. Each space has a theme. A pure gold dragon boat is arranged in the first “Guanzhi” space, which is accompanied by a photo print of the dragon boat. The inscription “Guanzhi” in the seal script of Hong Shichuan, a calligrapher, shows the atmosphere, stability and brilliance. Other theme spaces, such as “bumper grain harvest”, “hundred children play spring”, “hundred birds worship the phoenix”, and “twelve zodiac signs”, take gold and silver works as the main body, and integrate aesthetic elements, such as silver carvings and pendants, Buddhist calligraphy and painting, mountain rocks and moss, white sand and green bamboo, to create an artistic atmosphere of tranquility and elegance, luxury but not luxury.
It is understood that more than 200 gold and silver works in this exhibition are all from the Yongkang Applause Workshop Art Museum, among which hand made silver kettles such as “grain harvest”, “a hundred children play spring” and “a hundred birds worship the phoenix” have won gold prizes in China Arts and Crafts Fine Products Expo for many times. As the inheritor of the traditional project of Yongkang gold and silver carving, Cheng Zhifang, the curator of the Applause Workshop Art Museum, has been vigorously inheriting the hardware skills of the older generation, carrying forward the spirit of Yongkang craftsmen, actively participating in the revival of traditional culture, promoting the transformation and upgrading of Yongkang hardware skills and hardware industry, and has been awarded the first Top Ten “Yongkang Craftsmen”, the first “Eight Wu Craftsmen” in Jinhua City, the top talent in Yongkang City, the top talent in Jinhua City Jinhua City level inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, master of arts and crafts, the second level “top-notch skilled talents” training project of Zhejiang “hundreds of thousands” high skilled leading talents training project, Zhejiang chief technician, Zhejiang craftsman, national level skilled master and other honorary titles.
At present, after Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee proposed to implement the “Inheritance Project of Song Rhyme Culture” to create a golden card of Zhejiang’s history and culture, represented by Song Rhyme Culture, Cheng Zhifang also actively participated in it. A pair of “Silver Pots of Song Rhyme in the Prosperous Age” created by him, with a diameter of 20 cm at breast height and a height of 60 cm, are depicted based on the “Picture of the River during the Qingming Festival”. The pot body has many characters and different expressions, which reproduce the prosperous business scene of the Song Dynasty and highlight the opportunities of contemporary cultural inheritance.
According to the spirit of the Yongkang Cultural Tourism Work Conference held a few days ago, Yongkang should focus on the general goal of Jinhua to accelerate the construction of the cultural center in the central and western regions of Zhejiang in the future, base itself on building the “Capital of Hardware in the World”, deeply implement the “Culture Runkang” project, and focus on the implementation of the “4610” project. The so-called “4610” project, of which “4” is the goal, that is, to polish the red cultural golden card and build a red tourism highland in central Zhejiang; To polish the golden card of Daoyuan culture and build a cultural protection highland in the middle of Zhejiang Province; To polish the golden card of Song rhyme culture and create a highland for the spread of Song rhyme culture in central Zhejiang; Shine the golden card of hardware culture, and build a highland for entrepreneurship and innovation in central Zhejiang.
“What your heart wants, what you do”. Cheng Zhifang said that, as the representative of Yongkang craftsmen, we must unswervingly carry forward the spirit of Yongkang craftsmen who have been “tempered and perfected for a hundred years”, plant cultural self-confidence, dig deep into cultural connotation, and constantly self pressurize, and strive to become the promoter of the development of Yongkang craft hardware industry and the practitioner of quality Yongkang construction.
This exhibition is hosted by the Democratic League Jinhua Municipal Committee, the Propaganda Department of Yongkang Municipal Party Committee, the United Front Work Department of Yongkang Municipal Party Committee, undertaken by the Yongkang Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports, and co sponsored by the Yongkang Museum and the Applause Workshop Art Museum. Hu Jinquan, Vice Chairman of the Jinhua CPPCC and Chairman of the Jinhua Municipal Committee of the Democratic League, Shi Ligan, Yongkang City leaders, Zhu Pengnian and others attended the opening ceremony. Lu Guangzheng, a national inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, a master of Chinese arts and crafts, chairman of the Wood Carving Art Professional Committee of the Chinese Arts and Crafts Society, and Chen Xinhua, a national inheritor of intangible cultural heritage and a master of Chinese arts and crafts, also attended the meeting.
Editor on duty Lu Xin
Yang Zhenhua, chief editor on duty