Daoming Town is located in the northwest of Chongzhou, 6 kilometers away from the urban area of ??Chongzhou, covering an area of ??36 square kilometers. It is known as the hometown of bamboo weaving. More than 30 of the more than 5,800 farmers in the town are specialized in bamboo weaving.
Daoming Bamboo Weaving is an agricultural industry belt centered on Daoming Town and radiating to Jixie, Dongguan, Baitou, Gongyi and other towns in our city. Daoming bamboo weaving has a long history of more than 2,000 years. Especially from the early Qing Dynasty to the present, over the past 300 years, Daoming Town bamboo weaving has experienced a development process from rough to refined, from simple to complex. After each bamboo is peeled off, sliced, sun-dried, silk-striped, and dyed, it is then braided, twisted, threaded, inserted, pulled, threaded, and buttoned into a beautiful shape and craftsmanship. Exquisite and colorful bamboo handicrafts, daily necessities, etc. It includes nearly 15 major categories of bamboo baskets, baskets, plates, bottles, lamps, fans, basins, chairs, and paintings, and more than 800 varieties of designs and colors. Art bamboo weaving includes wall hangings, flower arrangements, tea sets, hats, bamboo bags, antique furniture, bamboo Silk painting, etc., especially bamboo calligraphy and painting are outstanding. Daoming bamboo products, with their novel and unique appearance, are often used as gifts and are deeply loved by consumers. They are famous all over the country and even exported overseas. In 1992, Daoming Town was named the hometown of bamboo weaving art by the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture. In 2004, Daoming Bamboo Weaving was included in the "Overview of the Hometown of Chinese Folk Art" edited by the Department of Social and Cultural Library of the Ministry of Culture. In the 1980s, four bamboo weaving technicians including Zhao Sijin from Daoming Town went abroad to Colombia, Jamaica, Grenada and other countries to teach bamboo weaving skills, and were warmly welcomed by the countries and people they visited.
Daoming Bamboo Weaving is of far-reaching significance for inheriting excellent national culture, promoting the Chinese national spirit, and properly preserving national cultural heritage. It will benefit the present and future generations. In the 1980s, Daoming Town was awarded the title of Hometown of Bamboo Weaving Craftsmanship by the country. Bamboo weaving skills have been passed down from generation to generation for more than a thousand years. Daoming bamboo weaving has strong local characteristics in Western Sichuan, reflects the local local culture in Western Sichuan, and shows a landscape of the ancient Shu culture in Western Sichuan. It is the only relatively complete bamboo weaving craft in Western Sichuan. It is important for inheriting excellent national culture and promoting the Chinese nation. spirit, properly preserving national cultural heritage, and building a new socialist countryside are of immeasurable value. In recent years, due to backward technology, aging technology, and lack of skilled bamboo weaving artists, not many people are engaged in bamboo weaving. The first bamboo weaving market in western Sichuan no longer exists. Daoming bamboo weaving technology is shrinking day by day, and most of its products are produced Commonly used goods such as bamboo baskets.
As time goes by, these artists who can engage in Daoming bamboo weaving craft will inevitably leave us, but no one or any young person can engage in this craft anymore, resulting in this priceless Intangible culture faces the reality of extinction. Daoming Town, Chongzhou City recently held the first bamboo weaving artist live performance competition, inviting more than 40 bamboo weaving masters to compete at the Baita Lake. "The next step is to increase government investment, attract various social funds and mobilize all people to participate, do a good job in heritage protection, management and monitoring, and establish a new management system for cultural heritage resources and cultural tourism." Yesterday, Chongzhou The person in charge of the Municipal Culture Bureau told reporters.
“Although it has been selected as an intangible cultural heritage of Chengdu, Daoming bamboo weaving cannot become a ‘living fossil’. We should learn from the experience of other bamboo weaving in terms of craftsmanship, varieties, etc.” Relevant personnel of Daoming Town told reporters. In order to restore the vitality of Daoming Bamboo Weaving, Daoming Bamboo Weaving has invested more than 1 million yuan to build the "No. 1 Bamboo Weaving Market in Western Sichuan" and organized bamboo weaving households to produce according to market demand.
"For the future of 'Daoming Bamboo Weaving', we need to make a 'big change' in bamboo weaving technology." The main person in charge of Daoming Town said that "Daoming Bamboo Weaving" was selected into the first batch of intangible cultural heritage lists in Chengdu Later, the town will formulate relevant industrial development plans to make "Daoming Bamboo Weaving" a featured industry highlight that will increase the income of local people. quick! Too fast! It took less than half an hour to weave such a beautiful palace lantern cover. It would take an average person at least an hour to make such a lampshade.
Yesterday, Daoming Town, Chongzhou, the hometown of Daoming Bamboo Weaving, held the first live performance competition for bamboo weaving artists on the bank of Baita Lake. More than 40 bamboo weaving masters participated. Several observing learners from Qionglai saw the scene of many masters competing. , couldn't help but sigh.
Daoming bamboo weaving has a history of more than 2,000 years and is divided into more than 150 categories, including bamboo baskets, baskets, plates, bowls, lamps and fans, and more than 3,000 colors. In 1995, Daoming Town was awarded the title of Hometown of Bamboo Weaving by the Ministry of Culture.
The performance of the skilled craftsmen in the hometown of bamboo weaving truly lived up to its reputation. Kang Qingming, 66, who has more than 50 years of bamboo weaving history, weaved an exquisite fruit plate in just 40 minutes. Xiao Yang, a 12-year-old girl, has been weaving bamboo for four years. The strips are as soft as ribbons in her hands, flying up and down. In a short time, a delicate bamboo flower plate is presented to the audience. Other contestants also showed off their special skills, including penetration, penetration, nailing, locking, wrapping, and covering. In two hours, fruit plates, lanterns, vases and other bamboo crafts were born one after another from the hands of the performers.
There is Fujian Bamboo Weaving in the front, Jiangan Bamboo Weaving and Qingshen Bamboo Weaving in the back. Compared with these new bamboo weaving troops, our town is indeed facing a slippery slope. Daoming Town Party Committee Secretary Wu Min is not very satisfied with the current situation of Daoming bamboo weaving. The most important thing is that the craftsmanship is backward, the technology is aging, and there are no successors for bamboo weaving artists. This exhibition competition is actually an audition for innovative talents of 'Daoming Bamboo Weaving'. It is just conducted quietly. We don't want the competition to increase pressure on bamboo weaving households.
Through the detailed records of the staff of the town’s Bamboo Weaving Association, the competition organizing committee selected 15 contestants to enter the town’s bamboo weaving innovative technology development talent pool based on criteria such as bamboo weaving appearance, quality, and weaving techniques. The oldest of these 15 players is in his 70s and the youngest is 25 years old. In the near future, they will be organized to study and visit Qingshen County - the master in turn learns from his apprentices. Qingshen's skills were passed down from Dao Ming. Strive to innovate a batch of bamboo weaving products with artistic content and market value to enter the market and revive the glory of 'Daoming Bamboo Weaving'. Reporter Fang Chi Li Wei Ao Yerong Some citizens called the hotline yesterday and expressed the same sentiment: some intangible culture is on the verge of being lost, and it is a good thing that the government pays attention to it and protects it.
Mr. Wang said that in addition to the dulcimer, it is difficult to preserve street art (such as drums, lotus leaves, etc.). Li Fengming, a professional in the protection of intangible culture, suggested setting up a special agency to protect Chengdu's intangible culture.
Mr. Jin suggested that as the content of some handicraft forms of intangible cultural heritage ages, innovations should be made on the basis of maintaining the original traditional cultural elements, and high-quality development should be carried out. These intangible cultural heritages can even be transformed into The market for cultural heritage has expanded abroad. The government should take very specific protective and guiding measures in this regard. There was Fujian bamboo weaving in the past, and there were new bamboo weaving forces such as Jiang'an and Qingshen later. Although Daoming bamboo weaving in Chongzhou has long been famous in Bazi in western Sichuan, Lei Wenquan, the president of the Daoming Town Bamboo Weaving Association, has been a little worried recently.
Daoming farmers have a tradition of bamboo weaving. Bamboo weaving, brown weaving and rattan weaving are called the three unique arts of Chongzhou. After the Bamboo Weaving Association was established in the town in 1996, a pattern of enterprise farmers in the association was formed. Daoming Bamboo Weaving, which has a history of nearly a thousand years, became the pillar: among the more than 6,000 farmers in the town, more than 4,000 farmers are engaged in bamboo weaving production, forming 8 professional villages; driving the surrounding areas There are more than 2,000 farmers in Gongyi, Baitou, Jixie and other towns; in 2003, the output value of the town's bamboo weaving industry reached more than 40 million yuan. The average net income of farmers in the town alone is thousands of yuan, and the annual net income of some large bamboo weaving households is more than 1,000 yuan. Ten thousand yuan. For example, Ni Ziqing from Longhuang Village, Zhao Chaowen and Ding Rugui from Yongle Village, etc. Many farmers engaged in bamboo weaving have built new houses. Comrades in the town told reporters.
It is the main business of farmers in our town, but now it is worried about a landslide. Lei Wenquan told reporters on February 5. In the past two years, the annual output value of the town's bamboo weaving industry reached 60 million yuan, but now it has decreased.
It is understood that the Daoming Bamboo Weaving Association is responsible for the rationalization of bamboo weaving transportation and sales channels, the collection and feedback of market information, the development of new products, organizing bamboo weaving households to produce according to market demand, and has invested more than 1 million yuan in construction. The first bamboo weaving market in western Sichuan.
In addition to publishing Daoming bamboo weaving information on the Internet, the association has organized bamboo weaving enterprises and large households to study abroad many times. The main products have developed from bulk goods to food packaging, bamboo woven tourism craft products, etc. Daoming's bamboo weaving sales are quite large, with nearly 3/4 sold outside the province, and order production has basically been achieved. Raven Quan said.
Where do the worries come from? Daoming Bamboo Weaving is driven by some leading companies, and there are 7 companies with annual production and sales revenue of more than one million yuan. However, the problem lies precisely with the production and sales companies within the association. Daoming Bamboo Weaving Association is a loose cooperative economic organization, and the production and sales of internal enterprises are independent. Although the town and the association have made many efforts to bring the economic ties between bamboo weaving enterprises closer and coordinate production, sales and market prices. In order to maximize the benefits for enterprises and farmers, there was no result every time. Even the efforts to register the Daoming Bamboo Weaving trademark were abandoned due to inconsistent understandings by some business owners.