w88 casino News Network (provided by International College)On the afternoon of November 1, 2024, at the invitation of the Beijing Time-honored Brands Association, 15 international students from w88 casino from 7 countries including Indonesia, Thailand, Malawi, and Ethiopia walked into the Beijing Enamel Factory, visited and experienced the cloisonné intangible cultural heritage production process and collection museum, and gained an in-depth understanding of the historical inheritance of Beijing’s time-honored brands through hands-on practice, and jointly witnessed the vitality of traditional craftsmanship in today’s society.
Beijing Enamel Factory is the largest state-owned professional enterprise in the country that designs, develops, produces, and operates cloisonne. It is also the only Chinese time-honored brand in this industry. Cloisonne is copper-embedded filigree enamel. This craft was introduced to China from the Arab region in the late Yuan Dynasty. It soon entered the "palace" and was deeply loved by the emperor. During the Jingtai period of the Ming Dynasty, this process became more mature, and the background color of the products at that time was mostly sapphire blue or peacock blue, so it was named "Cloisonne". Cloisonne combines history, culture, art and unique traditional craftsmanship. Its production technology integrates traditional Chinese painting, auspicious decoration, metal carving, gem inlay, metallurgical forging, glass smelting and other technologies. It is a master of traditional Chinese arts and crafts and one of the traditional handicrafts with Beijing characteristics.
Visit the production workshop and feel the spirit of craftsmanship
Under the leadership of the instructor, the students first came to the hand-making workshop of the enamel factory to have a close look at the production process of cloisonné handicrafts. By watching the master craftsmen perform complex and delicate processes such as filigree and blue dots, the students deeply understood the craftsman spirit of excellence behind the works, the ultimate craftsmanship inherited for centuries, and the development path of inheriting the essence and continuous innovation of intangible traditional crafts in the new era. They sincerely admired the hard work and exquisite skills contained in traditional Chinese crafts.
Appreciate the fine collections and learn the stories behind them
Subsequently, under the guidance of the instructor, the students visited the Cloisonné Art Museum in an orderly manner. From the history of the enamel factory, the precious works on display, and the touching stories of the older generation of artists rescuing traditional national crafts, the students followed the instructor’s footsteps to understand the cloisonne art museum. Through the development history of cloisonné, I learned about the story behind each art treasure, and gained a basic understanding of the historical heritage, development and inheritance of cloisonne manufacturing, and the various processes of the production process. I also deeply felt the time-honored development and protection of state-owned time-honored brands and China's national intangible cultural heritage.
Experience Dot Blue Craftsmanship and Understand the Charm of Art
“What you see on paper is ultimately shallow.” After the visit and study, the international students designed the works by hand, matched colors, and experienced the key link of “dotting blue” in the cloisonné production technique under the guidance of the instructor. In practice, they deeply felt the “craftsman spirit” of traditional Chinese handicraft artists. The students all said that this was a journey of experiencing art and beauty, which inspired their curiosity and desire to explore traditional Chinese arts and techniques, and they hoped to deepen their knowledge and understanding of traditional Chinese culture through such meaningful research activities.
“One piece of cloisonné, ten pieces of official kiln wares”, the traditional skills of Chinese time-honored brands embody the wisdom and talents of the ancestors, and become the spiritual source of the Chinese people. This visit to a time-honored enterprise brought the students a visual shock of exquisite craftsmanship and inspired international students in China to have a strong interest in exploring the excellent traditional culture of ancient China. The International College of the w88 casino will continue to improve the national conditions education for studying in China with the excellent traditional Chinese culture as an important content, insist on guiding international students to "seek true knowledge through practice", and actively organize diversified study and practice activities to allow international students to have an in-depth understanding of the real China, get to know Chinese people, and see Chinese history, and lead students to strive to grow into international talents who know China and are friendly to China.
