Inheritance And Innovation Of Intangible Cultural Heritage

During social development and historical process, pottery, an item that is made of soil as embryo and then be burned in fire with low temperature, was invented as the representative of ethnic culture. The ceramic craft in Xiu Shui has been preserved the way of which pottery being made. The discovery of the Mountain Back Culture of Late Neolithic Age about 4,300 years ago has proved that it owns a long history background and the Xu Ceramic Craft has gradually formed in this cultural background. It has been developing featuring mainly fully handmade, the use of wood-fired kiln, sand-inclusion red clay and shale pottery. However, because of fierce market competition, weak materialization of folk art has gradually faded away from the stage of history. People have been thinking about how to protect, inherit and innovate folk art, which is also the vital study point of this thesis.The Xu Ceramic Craft, one of the living forms of ethnic cultural heritage, is the spiritual symbol of Chinese people’s diligence, endeavor, braveness, and intelligence.As the nation advocates protecting folk art, applying for Intangible Cultural Heritage is an effective way of inheriting, innovating, carrying forward the traditional culture,as well as avoiding the loss of historical basis.The bye point of the thesis is to introduce the inheritance and innovation of intangible cultural heritage represented by the Xu ceramic craft.The point of in heritance is about traditional handcraft leading role exerted by inheritors, local belief and custom. Innovation is involved in combining traditional handcraft with modern technique and advanced equipment according to the printable of craft aesthetics and art design; mutual usage of traditional materials and modern synthetic ones; blending traditional ceramic craft and modern one. The specialized theoretical guidelines of the work are appearance design, lance formation and color combination. Through the research and practice of innovation for traditional art to create a good environment to inherit and carry forward.