At present, for those who are preparing to return to work or temporarily not working, it is a good time to recharge and learn. In order to further strengthen the popularization of intangible cultural heritage knowledge, deepen the understanding and cognition of intangible cultural heritage by protection workers, inheritors and the public, and enhance the effect of network communication, this public account launches the "Intangible Cultural Heritage Knowledge Classroom" special topic. In extraordinary times, let intangible cultural heritage accompany you to feel at ease, calm down, and learn more.

In this article, we follow Chen Yunhua, the representative inheritor of Qingshen Bamboo Weaving in China, to learn and understand the skills of Qingshen Bamboo Weaving. By weaving a tropical fish, we master the basic knowledge and skills of bamboo weaving.

Qingshen Bamboo Weaving is an ancient folk craft circulated in Qingshen County, Meishan City, Sichuan Province, China. It uses artificial weaving of bamboo pieces and strips of different thicknesses into various production and living supplies, which is widely used locally. In 2008, Qingshen Bamboo Weaving was included in the National Intangible Cultural Heritage List.

Qingshen bamboo weaving requires cutting down the bamboo, scraping the skin, splitting the bamboo, and drawing the silk. The bamboo is made into a thin bamboo skin, and then the bamboo skin is divided into 1 cm wide bamboo threads; each bamboo thread is further divided into 48 or even 64 bamboo threads thinner than a hair. The difficulty and amount of work can be imagined. After the finished product, a piece of bamboo weaving art can be sold for thousands of yuan, so in Qingshen there is a saying that "bamboo silk is more expensive than gold".

As a specialty of Qingshen County, Sichuan Province, Qingshen bamboo tubes are long, sparsely knotted, and have a flexible texture. Qingshen bamboo weaving focuses on the weaving of characteristic cultural landscapes, calligraphy works, and celebrity portraits, and is purely hand-woven in a specific environment. No adhesive is used for locking and finishing, and the raw materials are all natural bamboo materials. After being framed by picture frames, silk and other methods, it is made into exquisite bamboo weaving artworks.

Qingshen bamboo weaving has a long history, exquisite craftsmanship, and orderly inheritance. Qingshen bamboo weaving is divided into three categories: flat bamboo weaving, three-dimensional bamboo weaving, and mixed bamboo weaving. The products are divided into four grades: low, medium, high and fine, mainly including production supplies, daily necessities, tourist goods and artworks, with a total of more than 3,000 varieties.

Three-dimensional bamboo weaving "Bamboo Silk Kun Bag"

Flat bamboo weaving "Bitterness and Joy"

Qingshen bamboo weaving integrates artistry, appreciation and practicality, and is famous for its new, strange, special and unique charm. It is known as the "Three Treasures of Shu" together with silk and Shu embroidery. It is the cultural name card of Qingshen and Meishan and the pillar industry of Meishan's new rural development.