Recently, the Shandong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism announced the "List of Representative Inheritors of the Sixth Batch of Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage in Shandong Province" (Lu Wen Tourism Resource Zi 2023 No. 22), and a total of 15 inheritors in Qingdao City were on the list, among which Wang Yong, the representative inheritor of mantis boxing declared in Laoshan District, Kuang Ruhu, the representative inheritor of Laoshan Taoist martial arts, and Qu Zhiwu, the representative inheritor of seafood making skills (Shazikou Golden Hook Sea Rice Processing Skills), a total of 3 inheritors were successfully selected.
The representative bearers of intangible cultural heritage are important bearers and transmitters of intangible cultural heritage, who master the rich knowledge and exquisite skills of intangible cultural heritage, and are representative figures of living inheritance of intangible cultural heritage. The inheritors of the intangible cultural heritage of Laoshan District represent a number of different intangible cultural heritage items, showing the diversity and richness of Laoshan culture. The three provincial representative inheritors will serve as the backbone of the inheritance and dissemination of provincial intangible cultural heritage items, and play a greater role in the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage in the future.
Introduction of intangible cultural heritage items and inheritors
Representative inheritor of the mantis boxing project
Wang Yong
Mantis boxing has a history of more than 400 years, originated in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and was created by Wang Lang, a native of Jiaodong. From Wang Langchuangquan to Laoshan Huayan Nunnery, mantis boxing has been truly inherited and carried forward in Laoshan, and gradually formed the "Taiji Mantis", "Plum Blossom Mantis", "Seven Star Mantis", "Liuhe Mantis" and other schools, which is one of the extremely important martial arts categories in the peninsula. The praying mantis boxing method is taken from the movement of the praying mantis catching cicadas, imitating its demeanor, giving it yin and yang, gathering the eighteen ancient techniques, and paying attention to the technique of short and long, tight and long, and the balance of virtual and real. It is not only of practical significance, but also has fitness value.
As the representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage project mantis boxing, Wang Yong has been influenced by his grandfather Wang Yushan since he was a child, and after the baptism of his uncle Wang Yuanliang, he has laid a solid foundation from his father Wang Yuanqian, and has fully inherited the mantle of mantis boxing, and can be based on the systematic mastery of mantis boxing, according to its source development, integrity and innovation, and open up a new path for the inheritance and development of mantis boxing.
In 2011, mantis boxing was included in the list of representative items of national intangible cultural heritage.
Wang Yong actively promotes the intangible cultural heritage project mantis boxing "intangible cultural heritage into the campus, into the community, into the institution", he has carried out mantis boxing public welfare classes in kindergartens, primary and secondary schools and even institutions of higher learning in Laoshan District, setting off an upsurge of primary and secondary school students learning martial arts, and promoting the transmission of excellent traditional culture. Through the rich promotion forms of "exhibition, teaching, performance and transmission", the integration of mantis boxing into the daily life of the majority of community residents has been promoted, and an extremely broad mass base has been obtained, and the "hematopoietic" sustainable development of intangible cultural heritage has been realized.
Representative inheritor of Laoshan Taoist martial arts project
Kuang Ru Lake
Laoshan Taoist martial arts is one of the important schools of Taoist martial arts in China. According to the records of the Taiqing Palace, Zhang Sanfeng is one of the patriarchs of Laoshan Taoism and the ancestor of the Wudang School of Laoshan boxing. Later, the representative of Laoshan Taoist inner boxing, Kuang Chang, pioneered Laoshan Taoist martial arts, including "Laoshan Xuangong Boxing", "Laoshan Xuanzhen Boxing", "Laoshan Longhua Boxing", "Laoshan Longhua Sword" and other martial arts routines. Infiltrated by traditional Chinese culture, Laoshan Taoist martial arts emphasize the combination of movement and static, the coexistence of virtual and real, and the combination of rigidity and softness, which is an original form of martial arts rooted in long-term social practice, and is a valuable asset for studying and enriching Chinese martial arts culture. Laoshan Taoist martial arts not only give full play to the unique martial arts education value, educate people with martial arts, strengthen the body, but also realize the pulse of life of Wu Naiwen, physical and mental pleasure, and spiritual enrichment.
As a representative inheritor of Laoshan Taoist martial arts, a provincial intangible cultural heritage project, Kuang Ruhu is proficient in the essence of Laoshan Taoist martial arts on the basis of a comprehensive grasp of the historical development and changes of Laoshan Taoist martial arts and its practical knowledge of health and fitness, systematically combing the internal martial arts techniques of Laoshan Taoism, making its system clearer and more perfect, and actively assisting relevant departments to conduct a survey and data compilation of Laoshan Taoist martial arts.
In 2009, Laoshan Taoist martial arts was included in the list of representative items of Shandong provincial intangible cultural heritage.
In order to facilitate the promotion and popularization, he innovatively adapted the easy-to-learn skills and routines of Laoshan Taoist martial arts to form a set of daily health exercises, and took the community as the position to carry out Laoshan Taoist martial arts health and health preservation special training and non-genetic inheritance activities from time to time, which are deeply loved by people. With his dedication to the cause of martial arts, Kuang Ruhu has cultivated more than 20 apprentices who love martial arts culture, and also accepted 6 foreign students, striving to introduce Laoshan Taoist martial arts into different scenes and send them to different groups of people, and strive to achieve intangible cultural heritage to be more solid.
Seafood-making techniques
(Shazikou Golden Hook Sea Rice Processing Technique).
Representative inheritor of the project
Qu Zhiwu
The processing technique of golden hook sea rice has a history of more than 100 years, and it is named because the shrimp body is bent like a hook and is golden yellow, and it is deeply loved by people. Laoshan Shazikou area has the reputation of "the hometown of golden hook sea rice" since ancient times, Shazikou golden hook sea rice is made of a kind of fresh oyster shrimp (scientific name "eagle claw shrimp") that is a specialty of Laoshan Shazikou sea area, and adheres to the traditional processing technology of "selected materials, rapid cooking, watching the fire, sun drying, anti-too scorching, and shelling evenly". The processed golden hook sea rice is golden in color, round and full, strange in shape, delicious in taste, it is a unique local sea specialty, and is well-known at home and abroad.
As the representative inheritor of the seafood production skills of the provincial intangible cultural heritage project (Shazikou Golden Hook Sea Rice Processing Skills), Qu Zhiwu systematically summarized many links in the process of Golden Hook Sea Rice on the basis of inheriting the traditional production knowledge. At the same time, in order to effectively protect the inheritance and development of the golden hook sea rice processing skills, Qu Zhiwu has made a lot of efforts and solid work, and constantly enriched the connotation of intangible cultural heritage skills with new technologies and new ideas, which is the best interpretation of living inheritance.
In 2016, the seafood making technique (Shazikou Golden Hook Sea Rice Processing Technique) was included in the list of representative items of Shandong Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Today, the Golden Hook Haimi Intangible Cultural Heritage Workshop has been successfully selected as the second batch of district-level intangible cultural heritage workshops in Laoshan District, while inheriting the processing skills of Golden Hook Haimi, as an important starting point for empowering rural revitalization and the protection and utilization of traditional crafts, the Golden Hook Haimi Intangible Cultural Heritage Workshop has effectively promoted the revitalization of rural characteristic industries, which is of unique significance for the revival of local culture.