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Craftsmanship heritage millennium rhyme, craft blend across the strait China (Putian) Strait arts and crafts fair opened

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2023-10-07 10:52

People's Network Putian September 29 (reporter Lin Ying) Putian arts and crafts industry formed in the Tang Dynasty, developed in the Song Dynasty, transformed in the Yuan Dynasty, brilliant in the Ming Dynasty, continued in the Qing Dynasty, once again in the contemporary era, is awarded the arts and crafts regional brand one of the most cities. The China (Putian) Strait Arts and Crafts Fair (hereinafter referred to as the Art Fair), held every autumn, is a grand event belonging to skilled craftsmen.

On the 28th, the 17th Art Fair arrived as scheduled. The five-day exhibition gathered tens of thousands of craft products from both sides of the Strait, held 6 award competitions, and 8 supporting activities such as online and offline communication and interaction, food promotion, etc., to bring a different artistic atmosphere for the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day.

"I have been making wood-fired ceramics for nearly 40 years, and I have often felt a novelty in mainland exchanges over the past few years." Chen Youmei, a craftsman from New Taipei, Taiwan, displayed her exquisite pottery crafts in front of the booth, and exchanged her firing experience with visitors from time to time, "I like the creation of personality, each one is unique."

"I used to wear these sandals to school when I was a kid, and now very few people make them." In the exhibition area of Nantou, Taiwan, the straw works of Huang Huizhu evoke the memories of a citizen. "Straw shoes can have a lot of artistic display." Huang Huizhu said, showing his flower decoration made of straw sandals and vases, attracting admiration.

Chen Yu-mei and Huang Hui-chu are among the 38 Taiwanese craft masters participating in the exhibition. It is understood that this art fair through the Taiwan Cultural Industry Alliance, Nantou County Cultural Assets Society, Taiwan New Taipei City Yingge ceramic culture tourism Exchange and other non-governmental organizations, invited Taiwan craft masters to carry ceramics, wood carving, comprehensive crafts exhibition. By planning the "2023 Crafty Cross-Strait Arts and Crafts Integration and Development Friendship Activity", we will focus on cross-strait arts and crafts innovation, integration and development exchanges, and promote the inheritance and interaction of young people.

It is worth mentioning that at present, Putian has formed wood carving, classical craft furniture, jade carving, religious sculpture, gold and silver jewelry, stone carving, oil painting frame industry, craft weaving, copper carving, lacquer and other ten craft categories. This art Fair continues the theme of "Ingenuity carving soul, quality life", and sets up four national level competitions (of which "Art Ding Cup" was upgraded to a national event) and one provincial craft event, further demonstrating the "millennium carving Soul" craftsman spirit inherited by Putian arts and crafts masters from generation to generation.

On the same day, the third China (Putian) Incense Culture Industry Conference was also held in Putian City Convention and Exhibition Center. The conference takes "passion brand" as the main exhibition elements, unified display, unified release and publicity, unified sales and promotion of the most core development potential of 100 incense cultural brands, 100 liquid incense, 100 incense burners, 100 incense bags, 100 spices, 100 incense products exhibition, aimed at promoting the development of single categories of arts and crafts to depth.