When the winter solstice is over, the warehouse is solid, and the Yangcheng Lake (Xiaojing) International Handicraft Village is a fiery scene. Today (December 29), Yangcheng Lake 1971 Cangfang officially held the opening ceremony to welcome visitors from all over the world and enrich the granary of 10,000 households.
Yangcheng Lake 1971 Cangfang, as a boutique project for the revitalization and utilization of resources in Xiangcheng District and one of the 12 intangible cultural heritage handicraft projects focused on building by Yangcheng Lake (Xiaojing) International Handicraft Village, has cooperated with intangible cultural heritage master studios, university research institutions, The in-depth cooperation of art enterprises and other enterprises will effectively help Yangcheng Lake (Xiaojing) International Handicraft Village to become a gathering place of cultural resources and a breakthrough point for the extension of cultural industry advantages, so as to promote the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage and the high-quality development of cultural tourism industry in Xiangcheng District, and ultimately achieve a win-win situation between culture and economy.
Yangcheng Lake 1971 Cangfang is another important window for Xiangcheng District to carry forward excellent traditional culture, implement rural revitalization, and tell the story of Xiangcheng, and is a model for the revitalization and utilization of rural stock assets. On the basis of retaining the existing architectural form and characteristics of the round warehouse, the granary is transformed into a multi-functional space, combined with the theme of Xiaojing handmade village, implanted with intangible cultural heritage handicrafts such as Suzhou embroidery, blue calico, silk, cricket pots, etc., and then with casual catering, bookstore coffee, digital cultural tourism, copyright workstation and other formats, through the design of the integration of the old and the new, the old granary is revitalized. At the same time, the integration of traditional culture and local culture has also created a commercial block with a traditional cultural atmosphere, and by displaying agricultural civilization and local customs, it reproduces the antique, simple and elegant style of the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, and further strengthens the protection and inheritance of traditional culture for Xiangcheng District, and carries out active and effective rural revitalization practice. Yangcheng Lake 1971 Cangfang will build a complete industrial chain of product research and development, talent training, industrial incubation, copyright trading, product sales, and research experience, forming a system of "production, learning, research, and marketing", and making every effort to build an incubation base for craftsmen and artists. At the event, the first batch of joining certificates were also issued to the intangible cultural heritage inheritors who settled in Cangfang.
Feng Jicai, honorary chairman of the China Folk Literature and Art Association and China Folk Literature and Art Association, president of Feng Jicai Literature and Art Research Institute, famous painter and writer, sent a congratulatory letter. In the congratulatory letter, the China Folk Literature and Art Association pointed out that the establishment of Yangcheng Lake Cangfang in 1971 opened a door for the people of Suzhou to get close to and love traditional culture, and will surely make important contributions to the inheritance and innovation of traditional culture. Feng Jicai said in his congratulatory letter: The establishment of such an art museum in Suzhou reflects the importance of local culture and far-reaching cultural vision.
In order to promote the spread of Yangcheng Lake 1971 Cangfang and strengthen the interaction of tourists, the "Yangcheng Lake 1971 Cangfang Douyin Record Contest" was released on the spot. From now until February 29, 2024, tourists and friends will post Yangcheng Lake 1971 Cangfang** on the Douyin platform, bring the topic of "1971 Cangfang in My Eyes" and @ Xiaojing International Handmade, you can participate in the event, and there are more rich prizes waiting for you!
After the opening ceremony, the unveiling ceremony was held for the lakeside study, Yao embroidery, mantle workshop, Chengni studio, Wu Yuanxin Suzhou Blue Calico Art Museum, Wu Yuanxin Blue Calico Training Base, Handicraft Artist Tribe and other art museums.
Yangcheng Lake 1971 Cangfang is divided into art + area, old granary area, and leisure service area. As a centralized exhibition and sales area of intangible cultural heritage handicrafts, the Art + Zone is equipped with Yangcheng Impression, Wu Yuanxin Suzhou Blue Calico Art Museum, Handicraft Artist Tribe, Intangible Cultural Heritage Art Museum, and Old Granary Memory and Old Objects Museum. The old granary area is a five-reserved circular granary "Tuyuan Hoard", based on the granary and the grain body, telling the process of "a golden rice" to "a fragrant pastry", integrating the connotation of farming culture, rice culture, solar term culture, regional culture, intangible cultural heritage culture and folk culture, so that the old granary bursts with new vitality. In addition, Yangcheng Lake 1971 Cangfang also has a leisure service area, with a lakeside study, a simple meal in the forest, a multi-functional theater, and a visitor center.
At present, Yangcheng Lake (Xiaojing) International Handicraft Village has built and opened Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crab Cultural Center, Yangcheng Lake International Art Exchange Center, Yangcheng Fishing Valley, Xiaojing Xixi B&B, Yangcheng Lake Anti-Japanese War Bunker Group, Yangcheng Lake 1971 Cangfang, etc. During the Spring Festival, red cultural tourist attractions such as the Jiangkang Historical Site Exhibition Hall in the Yangcheng Lake area, the liaison station of the Suzhou Municipal and County (Work) Committee - the former site of the Jiangkang Office in Xiaojing, and the former site of the people of Yangcheng County will also be opened, and Xiaojing Village in Xiangcheng Resort (Yangcheng Lake Town) will become a "red resort, a hand-made tide land, and a blessed land on the tip of the tongue", igniting a new engine for rural revitalization!
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