Primary and secondary school students in Nanjing and Wuxi have enjoyed the summer vacation by experiencing the charm of intangible cultural heritage such as Jinling gold foil and tie-dye. Let’s take a look.
Pure in color, soft like silk and satin, it is still dazzling after being collected for hundreds of years. It is Nanjing gold leaf.
The students of Class 3 of the 2019 grade of Nanjing Tianzheng Primary School visited Nanjing Jinling Gold Foil Group in Jiangning District to observe the production process of gold foil up close. After 12 steps of fine processing, one gram of pure gold is struck into gold foil as thin as one ten thousandth of a millimeter.
From large sculptures to small jewelry, gold foil craftsmanship can make otherwise dull objects shine.
In addition to visual enjoyment, the children also got an opportunity to get in touch with gold foil - paste gold foil. Under the hands-on guidance of non-genetic people, soon, small golden gourds appeared in front of the students.
Guo Xiaoqiang, Student of Nanjing Tianzheng Primary School
A group of children learning tie-dye making came to the Wuxi Museum's Chinese folk traditional crafts research class. While learning and doing, everyone skillfully used marbles and binding ropes, and quickly formed the ideal shape in their minds.
Student
Tie-dyeing is only the first step in tie-dyeing. If you want to know the final appearance of the fabric, you must go through the crucial step of dyeing.
