In the hand-made room of the “Yi Yi Bao†in the Guizhou Museum, Tian Yingzhong and Tian Yong, two uncles from Wengban Village, Gujing Town, Huangping County, are making silver jewelry. Outside the glass window, visitors from Shanghai appreciate their skillful craftsmanship. “The ancient Miao craftsmanship is so beautiful.†The guests who are over 70 years old have repeatedly admired.
Tian Yingzhong and Tian Yong are both excellent “intangible cultural heritage inheritors†in our province.
"Our stockade, the Miao family passed down from generation to generation, is a traditional silversmith village." Tian Yong said that there are more than 300 men in the villages of 600 households to fight for silver.
"We are a family of silversmiths." Tian Yong said that Grandpa is still the head of this traditional craft. The men of the family are almost all silversmiths, earning a living by exquisite traditional craftsmanship. Two years ago, with the introduction of a famous silversmith in the village, he and his uncle came to Guiyang and became the resident artisans of “Yi Yi Baoâ€.
The silverware they made is slim, exquisite, diverse, and sleek. The tradition is constantly innovating, so they are very popular with customers.
The Miao family tradition of “taking silver as the knot, silver as the color, silver as the honor, and silver as the expensive†makes the silversmith become a popular occupation of the Miao family.
Tian Yong said that a piece of silverware has to go through a dozen or so complicated processes to complete, so the silver jewelry is very strict with the manual technique of the silversmith, and it is difficult for non-masters to complete.
“The silverware process is divided into two types: drawing and engraving.†Tian Yingzhong said that the engraving is suitable for large pieces, while the slender small pieces are made by drawing. He picked up a flower-patterned earring that was being made, and it was as thin as a hair. "It takes a day to make this earring."
Miao's silversmiths are good at inspiration for creation from nature, life, and Miao embroidery. In the display cabinet, the silver ornaments made by the uncles and the bronze drums, flowers, birds, butterflies, dragons, horns and other shapes are ever-changing, and they are more like a magnificent and colorful art world.
Tian Yong, who has his own opinions on his own culture, said that the daughter of Miao’s daughter is wearing a silver ornament, which is a kind of cultural inheritance and pieces of fine work, all shining the wisdom of men. Their Miao family has a collection of silver jewelry in almost every family, because the memories of their ancestors are poured into this silver-white world.
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