Punching paper patterns, sewing shells, adding filling, sewing facial features details ......On December 13th, Liu Hailan, the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Luzhijin Cloth Art in Lucheng District, Changzhi City, sat at the table with the women and lightly pulled the needle and thread, and not only sewed out the cute Luwanghu, sewed out the happy life of local farmers, but also sewed out the "big picture" of rural revitalization.
From organizing more than 10 women to produce together, to developing into a professional cooperative of more than 80 permanent employees, to Luzhijin Cloth Art, which now has more than 200 employees, Liu Hailan has trained more than 20,000 handicraft enthusiasts since 2003, helping them increase their income and become rich, and has become the "leading goose" on the road of rural revitalization.
Associated with the "Tiger", 60 years of continuous learning Xi innovation
Luwang Tiger originated in the Luzi Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period, with red, yellow, green, blue, black and other colors as the color. Round eyes, blazing;Straight ears and listen quietly;The tail is high, and the momentum is impressive;Fangs and sharp teeth, majestic and evil spirits. If a child is born in the local family, the elders will prepare cloth tigers, tiger head shoes, and tiger head hats for the newborn, and sew the wishes for the child's health and safety and the expectation of courage and strength into it.
Many places in China have the folk custom of making cloth tigers, but due to the different customs and Xi of each place, the raw materials, handicrafts and finished product forms of sewing cloth tigers are also different. Even within the city limits of Changzhi, there are many differences between the Luwang Tiger that circulates in Luzhou District and the Lihou Tiger who was born and raised in Licheng. Liu Hailan picked up a finished product Lu Wanghu next to her and introduced it to reporters, Lu Wanghu's body is mostly made of cotton cloth or silk, and after being sewn into shape, it is filled with grain or fluffy cotton inside. Then, on the cardboard cloth, according to the size ratio of the fixed shape, cut off the shape of the nose, mouth, eyes, eyelashes, and ears, sew them on the tiger's head in a three-dimensional form, and then cut and paste the spine and pattern for embellishment ......The most rare thing about Luwang Tiger is that it retains the "gold" process, a gold wire with the same width and narrow distance, the eyebrows and eyes of the cloth tiger are "hooked", so that the whole tiger shines.
Liu Hailan was born in Qinjiazhuang Village, Huangniuti Township, Lucheng District, and her grandmother and mother are both well-known skilled craftsmen in ten miles and eight townships. Under their influence, Liu Hailan began to learn the craft of drawing, cutting, and sewing at the age of 7, and was able to make cloth tigers independently at the age of 13, and has been associated with it for more than 60 years since then, becoming one of the few adherents of this craft.
Over the years, Liu Hailan has combined traditional handicrafts with new elements of the times, and has created dozens of varieties such as handmade cloth tigers, folk craft pillows, longevity locks, twelve genera wall hanging, mandarin duck water tiger shoes, etc., and has won the National Leisure Agriculture Creative Boutique Competition North China and Northeast Division Product Creativity Excellence Award, Shanxi Special Agricultural Products Trade Expo Folk Craft Gold Award, National Leisure Agriculture Creative Competition (Nanjing) Gold Award, etc., "Luwang Tiger" and "Flying Tiger" and other 6 varieties have also obtained patents.
With the "tiger" as the medium, radiate the surrounding area to increase income and get rich
The production of cloth tiger seems simple, but the process is quite exquisite, to go through six or seven processes such as cutting, modeling, filling, painting, etc., dozens of steps. This is a magical job, even if the same material and the same process, everyone has a different hand. This not only tests the meticulousness of the producer, but also requires great creative skills. Liu Hailan said. In order to enhance the entrepreneurial and employability of rural women, Liu Hailan began to teach local women to make Luwanghu in the form of training courses since 2003, and traveled to all towns (towns) in the city. In order to let these handicraft enthusiasts master the skills of sewing cloth tigers as soon as possible, Liu Hailan has made a lot of efforts, starting from the basic theories of hand sewing and color matching, and also demonstrating the design and production skills of handicrafts hand in hand.
Every family here grows corn for a living and depends on the weather for food. More than ten years ago, my husband was bedridden due to cerebral hemorrhage, and the two children had to spend money to go to school, and the whole family was living a tight life. In those days, I was so sad that I couldn't sleep all night. After the unreserved teaching of teacher Liu Hailan, I learned the craft of making Luwanghu, which not only increased the income of my family, but also gave me a new identity and became the inheritor of traditional crafts. Guo Xi'e of Hemur Village, Hemur Township, Lucheng District, told reporters that the village has set up a professional handicraft cooperative in Jinhe, and when the farm is busy, women work in the fields and do it at home when they are freeWhen the farm is not working, the sisters go to the cooperative together, chatting and doing work. Now she relies on making Luwanghu and earns more than 1,000 yuan a month.
The company's employees are carefully screened from the trained personnel, all assembly line operations, usually come to me to get raw materials, design drawings, and send them over after completion, which does not affect the care of the family, but also earns money to supplement the family. In a year, a person can earn about seven or eight thousand yuan. Liu Hailan said that the company has also recruited 18 disabled people, and through hand-to-hand teaching, they can now complete the production independently, and even inherit the "gold drawing" process. Wang Cuiping, a disabled person, has been learning Xi skills in the company for 8 years, and after returning to his hometown, he established the Lucheng Jinluhu Handmade Fabric Professional Cooperative, which has led to the employment of many local women and disabled people.
Take care of it at home, do a good batch of goods and send a message, and the company will send someone to collect it, and do not delay taking care of the elderly and children. "Using spare time to increase income and get rich, everyone's ideas coincide with the original intention of Liu Hailan's training. Like Guo Xi'e and Wang Cuiping, many peasant women who used to revolve around the stove and hold dolls have grown into skilled women with a skill through handicraft skills training classes again and again.
Through the development of "tigers", we will revitalize intangible cultural heritage in the process of inheritance
The years are speechless, and the cloth can "speak". How to pass on traditional crafts has always been a "heart disease" for Liu Hailan.
Rooted in the folk and handed down for thousands of years, Luwanghu has absorbed and integrated the customs, beliefs, aesthetic standards and living needs of working people in various historical stages. In this process, with the gradual improvement and improvement of the production process, Lu Wanghu has formed his own simple and clumsy, concise and bright style. This style is also the carrier of the simple ideals of the people, which reflects the good wishes and expresses sincere emotions. My biggest goal is to pass on this craft from generation to generation, not to change the craft because of the pursuit of economic benefits, but to pay attention to the uniqueness of intangible cultural heritage handmade. In Liu Hailan's view, getting more intangible cultural heritage inheritors involved is the best way out for Lu Wanghu.
In recent years, with the strong support of the Lucheng District Party Committee and the District Committee, Liu Hailan has built a standard factory building integrating product exhibition hall, computer embroidery machine workshop, manual embroidery workshop, sewing machine processing workshop and training classroom. While improving the basic supporting facilities, Liu Hailan also further improved the hardware equipment, and at the same time strengthened the theoretical and skill training and communication of craftsmen, and constantly cultivated and built a high-quality talent team. "I plan to carry out another sieve type of training, cultivate talents village by village, attract more young people to join, encourage rural women to develop new, unique and distinctive handmade cloth artworks, and then form a 'cultural industry' to increase income and get rich." ”
Combined with the goal of building a tourism distribution center serving all scenic spots in Taihang Mountain and building a "travel-friendly" Lucheng, Liu Hailan is ready to develop a cloth production experience project in the tourist area: the company provides raw materials, the teacher guides the production on site, and the works are owned by customers after completion. Hands-on experience and practice can make tourists better understand the beauty of cloth art and feel the joy of hands-on, which is not only conducive to improving the inherent "vitality" of the development of handmade cloth art, but also can realize the integrated development of intangible cultural heritage culture and tourism industry.
In addition, I also plan to integrate existing resources, create my own unique brand, and develop related derivative products, so that the 'old crafts' of intangible cultural heritage can burst out with new vitalityThe production base is used to carry out exhibitions and fairs on a regular basis, and actively participate in industry exhibitions inside and outside the province, continuously expand sales channels, realize more overseas direct sales of products, let folk traditional culture go abroad and go to the world, and let rural revitalization add wings and radiate vitality. Liu Hailan said.
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