Hainan Li Brocade Successfully Listed, What is the Secret to Its Breakthrough Success?
2024-12-16
Recently, UNESCO has transferred the "Li Ethnic Traditional Spinning, Dyeing, Weaving, and Embroidery Skills" project from the "List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding" to the "Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity". Li brocade, known as the "living fossil" in the history of Chinese textiles, has a traditional spinning, dyeing, weaving, and embroidery technique that has been passed down for over 3000 years. It holds extremely high historical, cultural, and craft value. It is not only a cultural business card of Hainan but also a treasure of the world's intangible cultural heritage. With the transfer of the Li brocade to the new list, its protection and inheritance are about to enter a new phase, promising an even more splendid future.
Today, the Hainan Daily's "Hainan Weekly" launches a special report on the "Li Brocade List Transfer" covering six aspects: representative works, portraits, lantern bearers with a new trend, versatile patterns, and fan circles, presenting a comprehensive "brocade" style report. The Hainan Daily New Media Center also presents a creative video to take you through the "interweaving of threads on the fingertips."
Cover of Hainan Weekly, Hainan Daily, December 16, 2024
Hainan Li Brocade Breaks Through the Circle
The traditional spinning, dyeing, weaving, and embroidery skills of the Li ethnic group have been transferred from the "List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding" to the "Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity," signifying that it joins the ranks of outstanding traditional Chinese cultures such as the Spring Festival, Chinese calligraphy, and Tai Chi, taking its deserved place in the hall of human intangible cultural heritage.
Li ethnic women in Hainan spin thread. Photo taken by Zhang Jie, a reporter from Hainan Daily's multimedia.
From the deep mountains to the world stage, from ethnic memory to "Masterpieces of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity," what is the weight and charm of the Li ethnic traditional spinning, dyeing, weaving, and embroidery skills and its representative product, Li brocade?
Layout of Hainan Weekly, Hainan Daily, December 16, 2024, page B02/B15
Traditional Li Spinning, Dyeing, Weaving and Embroidery Skills Inherited by an Expanding Population
People are the experiencers, practitioners, and continuers of intangible cultural heritage, and the key to its protection and inheritance lies in the people.
Recently, the traditional spinning, dyeing, weaving, and embroidery skills of the Li ethnic group have been transferred from UNESCO's "List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding" to the "Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity." The "transfer to the list" signifies that the intangible cultural heritage project has been strengthened through protection and development, with its viability continuously increasing, no longer on the brink of extinction. The most evident characteristic is the increasing number of inheritors and the expanding population that masters this skill.
Students of Longjiang Center School in Baisha Lizu autonomous county practice the art of brocade weaving. Hainan Daily All Media Reporter Li Tianping Photo
Where are the people who have mastered the traditional spinning, dyeing, weaving, and embroidery skills of the Li ethnic group mainly located? What are the characteristics of their skills? We draw a "portrait" of them, analyze the popular base behind this ancient art, and see how the Li brocade art has evolved from "solitary joy" to "joy for all".
The layout image of the B03 edition of the "Hainan Weekly" in Hainan Daily on December 16, 2024.
Weaving Time, Heart and Hand Inheritance
Bearers of the Li Brocade Art
In the long river of time, they carry the "lantern" for traditional culture. From mothers to daughters, from ancestors to grandchildren, with the family as the cornerstone of inheritance, generation after generation of the Li people have been extending the historical path of Li brocade, from ancient times to the present. It is the close bond of the family that has allowed the traditional spinning, dyeing, weaving, and embroidery skills of the Li ethnic group to span over 3000 years, ensuring that every link in history is closely connected and vibrant.
Tan Chaoyan, a municipal inheritor of the traditional Li spinning, dyeing, weaving, and embroidery skills in Wuzhishan City. The photo is provided by the interviewee.
Among the present-day inheritors of traditional Li spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidery techniques, most of the inheritors can be described as coming from “Li brocade families”. Members of these families, young and old, are involved in the production and transmission of brocade in their own ways. By creating companies, organizing workshops, participating in exhibitions, and taking part in cultural exchanges, they have made the brocade a cultural bridge between the past and the future.
Layout of Hainan Weekly, Hainan Daily, December 16, 2024, page B04/B13
Li Brocade is in vogue
Models wearing Li ethnic costumes walk the runway at the closing ceremony of the 2023 Consumer Expo Fashion Week. Hainan Daily all-media reporter Song Guoqiang photo
When the ancient and the new meet, what kind of sparks will collide. In recent years, Li brocade is like a pearl that has been baptized over the years, emitting dazzling light. It is no longer just a collection in the museum, but a trend toward the public, into life.
Layout of Hainan Weekly, Hainan Daily, B05, December 16, 2024
The Beauty of a Thousand Flower Patterns
Li brocade comes from the dexterous hands of the Li women in China. They use the language of brilliant colors to weave the ordinary daily life into a perfect and beautiful dreamscape, and wear the ingenious and beautiful works on their bodies to show the world the unique charm of the Li culture.
Harvest picture on Le Cuong. (Source photo)
Patterns are the essence of Li brocade. A great variety of beautifully shaped patterns not only carry rich historical and cultural information, but also record the observation of the Li ancestors on the natural environment and their longing for a better life, which centrally embodies the aesthetics and creativity of the Li people.
Layout of Hainan Weekly B06/B11, Hainan Daily, December 16, 2024
These foreigners also love Lai Kam
Nicki displays Lai Kam artifacts in the store. Photo courtesy of the interviewee
The beauty of art is worldwide and can cross borders. Xie Min (Nicki) and You Ruochun (Ally) from the United States, and Sasha from Russia, are diehard fans of Hainan's brocade. The three of them met because of the brocade, became good friends in a foreign country, and coincidentally spread the culture of brocade, hoping to let more people appreciate the beauty of the art of brocade.
Layout of Hainan Weekly, Hainan Daily, B07, December 16, 2024
Recently, UNESCO has transferred the "Li Ethnic Traditional Spinning, Dyeing, Weaving, and Embroidery Skills" project from the "List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding" to the "Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity". Li brocade, known as the "living fossil" in the history of Chinese textiles, has a traditional spinning, dyeing, weaving, and embroidery technique that has been passed down for over 3000 years. It holds extremely high historical, cultural, and craft value. It is not only a cultural business card of Hainan but also a treasure of the world's intangible cultural heritage. With the transfer of the Li brocade to the new list, its protection and inheritance are about to enter a new phase, promising an even more splendid future.
Today, the Hainan Daily's "Hainan Weekly" launches a special report on the "Li Brocade List Transfer" covering six aspects: representative works, portraits, lantern bearers with a new trend, versatile patterns, and fan circles, presenting a comprehensive "brocade" style report. The Hainan Daily New Media Center also presents a creative video to take you through the "interweaving of threads on the fingertips."
Cover of Hainan Weekly, Hainan Daily, December 16, 2024
Hainan Li Brocade Breaks Through the Circle
The traditional spinning, dyeing, weaving, and embroidery skills of the Li ethnic group have been transferred from the "List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding" to the "Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity," signifying that it joins the ranks of outstanding traditional Chinese cultures such as the Spring Festival, Chinese calligraphy, and Tai Chi, taking its deserved place in the hall of human intangible cultural heritage.
Li ethnic women in Hainan spin thread. Photo taken by Zhang Jie, a reporter from Hainan Daily's multimedia.
From the deep mountains to the world stage, from ethnic memory to "Masterpieces of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity," what is the weight and charm of the Li ethnic traditional spinning, dyeing, weaving, and embroidery skills and its representative product, Li brocade?
Layout of Hainan Weekly, Hainan Daily, December 16, 2024, page B02/B15
Traditional Li Spinning, Dyeing, Weaving and Embroidery Skills Inherited by an Expanding Population
People are the experiencers, practitioners, and continuers of intangible cultural heritage, and the key to its protection and inheritance lies in the people.
Recently, the traditional spinning, dyeing, weaving, and embroidery skills of the Li ethnic group have been transferred from UNESCO's "List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding" to the "Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity." The "transfer to the list" signifies that the intangible cultural heritage project has been strengthened through protection and development, with its viability continuously increasing, no longer on the brink of extinction. The most evident characteristic is the increasing number of inheritors and the expanding population that masters this skill.
Students of Longjiang Center School in Baisha Lizu autonomous county practice the art of brocade weaving. Hainan Daily All Media Reporter Li Tianping Photo
Where are the people who have mastered the traditional spinning, dyeing, weaving, and embroidery skills of the Li ethnic group mainly located? What are the characteristics of their skills? We draw a "portrait" of them, analyze the popular base behind this ancient art, and see how the Li brocade art has evolved from "solitary joy" to "joy for all".
The layout image of the B03 edition of the "Hainan Weekly" in Hainan Daily on December 16, 2024.
Weaving Time, Heart and Hand Inheritance
Bearers of the Li Brocade Art
In the long river of time, they carry the "lantern" for traditional culture. From mothers to daughters, from ancestors to grandchildren, with the family as the cornerstone of inheritance, generation after generation of the Li people have been extending the historical path of Li brocade, from ancient times to the present. It is the close bond of the family that has allowed the traditional spinning, dyeing, weaving, and embroidery skills of the Li ethnic group to span over 3000 years, ensuring that every link in history is closely connected and vibrant.
Tan Chaoyan, a municipal inheritor of the traditional Li spinning, dyeing, weaving, and embroidery skills in Wuzhishan City. The photo is provided by the interviewee.
Among the present-day inheritors of traditional Li spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidery techniques, most of the inheritors can be described as coming from “Li brocade families”. Members of these families, young and old, are involved in the production and transmission of brocade in their own ways. By creating companies, organizing workshops, participating in exhibitions, and taking part in cultural exchanges, they have made the brocade a cultural bridge between the past and the future.
Layout of Hainan Weekly, Hainan Daily, December 16, 2024, page B04/B13
Li Brocade is in vogue
Models wearing Li ethnic costumes walk the runway at the closing ceremony of the 2023 Consumer Expo Fashion Week. Hainan Daily all-media reporter Song Guoqiang photo
When the ancient and the new meet, what kind of sparks will collide. In recent years, Li brocade is like a pearl that has been baptized over the years, emitting dazzling light. It is no longer just a collection in the museum, but a trend toward the public, into life.
Layout of Hainan Weekly, Hainan Daily, B05, December 16, 2024
The Beauty of a Thousand Flower Patterns
Li brocade comes from the dexterous hands of the Li women in China. They use the language of brilliant colors to weave the ordinary daily life into a perfect and beautiful dreamscape, and wear the ingenious and beautiful works on their bodies to show the world the unique charm of the Li culture.
Harvest picture on Le Cuong. (Source photo)
Patterns are the essence of Li brocade. A great variety of beautifully shaped patterns not only carry rich historical and cultural information, but also record the observation of the Li ancestors on the natural environment and their longing for a better life, which centrally embodies the aesthetics and creativity of the Li people.
Layout of Hainan Weekly B06/B11, Hainan Daily, December 16, 2024
These foreigners also love Lai Kam
Nicki displays Lai Kam artifacts in the store. Photo courtesy of the interviewee
The beauty of art is worldwide and can cross borders. Xie Min (Nicki) and You Ruochun (Ally) from the United States, and Sasha from Russia, are diehard fans of Hainan's brocade. The three of them met because of the brocade, became good friends in a foreign country, and coincidentally spread the culture of brocade, hoping to let more people appreciate the beauty of the art of brocade.
Layout of Hainan Weekly, Hainan Daily, B07, December 16, 2024
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