w88 casino News Network (Library feed）On the afternoon of April 19, 2024, the Intangible Heritage Inheritance of the 2nd w88 casino Reading Month and the 2nd w88 casino' "Cultural Travel Season" series of activities: Feel the beauty of ancient books - the thread-bound ancient book binding production experience activity was successfully held in the 109 multi-functional hall of the library. The event was hosted by the Propaganda Department of the Party Committee of the w88 casino and the library, and co-organized by the Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee of the Beijing Museum Society and the National Culture Palace Museum. The keynote speaker of this event was teacher Wang Xiaonong from the National Culture Palace Museum, and Lian Chengchun, the representative inheritor of ancient book restoration and mounting techniques in the intangible cultural heritage project, provided practical guidance. Leaders participating in this event include Ma Jianshu, deputy director of the library, and Bai Xu, deputy secretary-general of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee of the Beijing Museum Society. The event was hosted by Zhang Lingfan, chief of the reading promotion section of the library.
Teacher Wang Xiaonong received a master's degree in cultural relics protection from the University of the Arts London, UK, majoring in ancient book binding and restoration techniques. She first introduced the evolution of ancient book binding forms in detail, and showed many vivid and specific pictures to everyone. The audience intuitively felt the continuous evolution of ancient book binding forms. Then she and teacher Lian Chengchun led everyone to make a thread-bound book to understand the history of ancient Chinese book binding, so that everyone could feel the beauty of Chinese classical book binding culture and the civilizational wisdom of the Chinese nation contained in it.
The steps for making thread-bound books generally include twelve steps: folding leaves, aligning the bookcases, piercing the book edge, aligning the rails, making paper staples, rough stitching, calculating the seam position, punching holes, wrapping corners, applying book covers, sewing stitches, and affixing bookmarks. The entire experience process is compact, and each step is explained and demonstrated in detail by the teacher, while trying to ensure that all participants complete it simultaneously. In the end, everyone successfully created a thread-bound book of their own.
This event is the third intangible cultural heritage skill inheritance experience activity in w88 casino’s “Cultural Travel Season” (traveling through ancient and modern cultures, understanding internal and external civilizations) series of activities after the production of intangible cultural heritage Velvet Flowers (Beijing Flower) and intangible medicinal incense. It has been welcomed and loved by teachers and students in the w88 casino. The library connects Beijing Museum Society and other high-quality cultural resources in Beijing to provide a platform for Chinese and foreign teachers and students to recognize and understand the essence of China’s excellent traditional culture from sight, hearing, touch, and to achieve a bookish atmosphere on campus where teachers and students make books, love books, and read, so that China’s excellent traditional culture can continue to be carried forward.
[Feelings of the event]
Russian master’s student Nastya：
I feel that the teachers are very serious in guiding us in production. I hope there will be more activities like this in the future and more teachers will guide us. Overall, I was very happy to participate in this event and learned a lot about Chinese culture.
Uzbekistan PhD student Nova：
I personally like ancient Chinese culture and will learn a lot about traditional Chinese culture myself. I was very happy to participate in this event. I learned and learned a lot about ancient Chinese culture. Thread-bound books are also very interesting. Although I didn't do very well the first time, I was still very satisfied. During the learning process, I will also communicate with teachers and classmates to help me practice Chinese. These are very meaningful. I hope that more foreign students can be invited to participate in such activities in the future.
Zhao Wenhao, undergraduate student at China University of Finance and Economics：
Participating in this event, through the teacher’s explanation, I learned a lot about the culture related to ancient book binding. During the personal experience, I also felt the spirit of Chinese craftsmen and understood the difficulty and greatness of craftsmen. I hope there will be more such non-formal activities in the future.
