The Past Life of Wood type printing

The geneticists shoulder the two burdens of inheriting the traditional Chinese culture: they are craftsmen in the wood printing technology; As for the compilation of ultimatum, they are also professional cultural people.

Three ancient inheritance must continue to innovate and accept changes in society, in order to maintain vitality, lasting and new.

Today, Dongyuan Wood movable type printing technology has been included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, and has also been included in the "Intangible Cultural Heritage List in Urgent need of protection" by UNESCO.

As an intangible heritage technology, how to protect and inherit Dongyuan wood movable type printing?

The survival of intangible heritage is inseparable from the inheritance of non-genetic successors.

Among them, it is inseparable from the efforts of the 20th generation descendant Wang Chuanqiao. He founded the wood type craft research studio, teaching students to teach skills, training talents. In 2009, Ruian City established a movable type printing association, and 120 people working in this industry joined.

In order to carry forward the wooden printing technology, it is far from enough to pass on the torch of the inheritors alone, but also to let more ordinary people understand this technology and participate in protecting this technology. Wang Chuanqiao served as a professional teacher of wood movable type printing culture into the campus through the "intangible cultural heritage into the campus", compiled and printed the school-based teaching material "Chinese Wood movable type printing", and participated in more than 5,000 teachers and students.

Intangible cultural heritage to "live", but also need bold innovation.

In order to let Dongyuan wood movable type printing out of the genealogy limit, non-genetic bearers began to print ancient books, university admission letters, etc., customized wood movable type home hanging picture decoration services, launched zodiac poems, marriage books and a series of cultural and creative products, received good market feedback.

Intangible cultural heritage should "live", but also through the cultivation and development of intangible cultural heritage theme home, intangible cultural heritage research, non-heritage creation and other emerging industries. For example, investment in Dongyuan Village to build wood type industrial park, boutique homestay east pear cluster; The establishment of the East pear Trade mutual aid Association to drive local women to participate in the processing of wooden characters derivatives, to solve 50% of the village surplus labor.

Carry forward the excellent traditional culture, intangible heritage of the new era of painting.

The protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage requires the care and transmission of generations of people, so as to protect the bright star of intangible cultural heritage.