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Public Living Space Under The Construction Of Traditional Crafts

Posted on:2024-09-05Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:H Y ChenFull Text:PDF
GTID:2545307166979779Subject:Sociology
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The craftsmanship of grit cermics in Zhijin County,Guizhou Province has been passed down from generation to generation.As one of Chinese traditional folk craft,it has its own historical and cultural value and has a unique role in promoting the development of regional society.The craftsmanship of grit cermics is mainly based on local anthracite,which belongs to a kind of coal-made pottery.From material selection,forming process,kiln structure to the final firing and "boiling" link,the craftsmanship of grit cermics has a strong regional characteristics.In Zhijin,it is closely related to people’s daily life.Because of its diversified functions and strong practicability,it is an indispensable daily utensil in local people’s life,so it is affectionately called "Zhijin casserole" by local people.With the continuous development of social economy,people’s life,from work,consumption to communication and other aspects are undergoing drastic changes.In the past,all kinds of handmade products,such as handmade furniture,artificial iron ware,handmade casserole,as common utensils in people’s life,are extremely natural in people’s life.But now,most of these handmade products have been replaced by various industrial cultural creations,resulting in handicraft gradually fading out of people’s life,becoming a relic in people’s memory,endowed with profound nostalgia significance.In this great transformation,many folk handicrafts are suffering from survival crisis.Some no longer exist,and some are still struggling on the edge of being and death.The craftsmanship of grit cermics in Zhijin has also experienced survival crisis.In a society with a strong rural atmosphere in the past,the craftsmanship of grit cermics could extend its lifeline by playing a role in kinship communication as a gift.Nowadays,people’s life is filled with a lot of fashion consumer goods,the living space of the craftsmanship of grit cermics is severely squeezed,but fortunately,this does not make the craftsmanship of grit cermics disappear in the field of view of the public.Although the development of commodity economy has indeed met the growing material needs of people,as time goes by,people gradually become tired of the homogenized products produced by industrial mass production,and the consumer demand for nostalgia and nostalgia is increasing day by day,which makes traditional handicrafts including the craftsmanship of grit cermics in Zhijin obtain a new consumer market and earn the "second life".This paper mainly uses the theoretical perspective of folk custom process and daily space,and combs the development process of the craftsmanship of grit cermics from the emergence,development,prosperity to the endangered "first life" and the acquisition of "second life" under the background of intangible cultural heritage,returning to all aspects of daily space.It shows that the vitality of Zhijin sand pottery technology lies not only in the insistence,maintenance and innovation of the craftsman,but also in the social cultural policy,the market consumption demand and the development of sand pottery industry are closely related to the survival of sand pottery technology.Specifically positioned in people’s living space,sand pottery products return to people’s lives,which is actually a miniature of the evolution of values,cultural tastes and social fashions of the times to some extent.In essence,the craftsmanship of grit cermics is to demonstrate its value of survival in the world by exerting influence on local production and life folklore.In other words,the cultural heritage and artistic charm of folk crafts such as clay making can only be understood from the perspective of people’s concrete daily communication practices and relationship construction,and these crafts can also burst out an endless stream of vitality and achieve the true "living state" inheritance.
Keywords/Search Tags:Craftsmanship of grit cermics in Zhijin County, folk culture, folk custom process, living space, living state inheritance
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