The secrecy of China's traditional handicrafts comes from its unique inheritance mode. In the early days, most handicrafts were handed down from generation to generation. Interestingly, although the social status of craftsmen is not high, the teaching mode of craftsmen is very similar to that of the throne. This model is displayed in the clay sculpture of the Zhang family in Clay Fighter Zhang. Later, the inheritance of handicrafts extended to the "mentoring relationship" outside the family. According to Confucian orthodoxy, "teacher" has a high status. As the object of folk family sacrifice, it ranks behind heaven, earth, monarch and relatives, and the nave has a memorial tablet. Teachers are not only teachers who impart knowledge, but also masters of skills. In fact, there is apprenticeship in the West, but the apprenticeship in China is more prominent than the other two in the West. First, China's mentoring relationship is more like a father-son relationship. The master is not only the business supervisor of the apprentice, but also his life mentor and the boss who pays the salary. The folk saying that "one day as a teacher, one's whole life as a father" was first recorded in the book Taigong Family Instructions in the Southern Song Dynasty, and it is still the basic professional ethics of China society. Secondly, China's mentoring system has been effective in some industries, even the only effective organizational form, such as martial arts, opera, Quyi and other fields, as well as many handicrafts that have been filmed and planned to be filmed in Fingertips Inheritance.
After two baptisms of privatization in the early days of liberation and marketization after reform and opening up, the inheritance mode of handicrafts in China has changed, and the relationship between teachers and students in many industries and handicrafts has been broken, and some have become blurred. In recent years, some industries intend to resume the apprenticeship system, and some master craftsmen trained by large-scale education in art colleges have returned to the apprenticeship system and started to "take apprentices" after becoming famous.
On the one hand, the apprenticeship system provides organizational guarantee for the inheritance of handicrafts in Chinese civilization, on the other hand, its closeness makes it difficult for outsiders to see the wonderful handicrafts. Even as a disciple, not everyone is destined to appreciate the interaction between master, craft and utensils at close range and for a long time. Thanks to the "inheritance at the fingertips", ordinary audiences, like the favorite "fans" of the masters, enjoy their unique creativity, meticulous craftsmanship and wonderful effects.
Secondly, the significance of cultural identity: in today's globalization, the inheritance at the fingertips has added a number of cultural identity foundations for Chinese people around the world.
Li Chunen, a famous writer in Hong Kong, commented: "It is a kind of spirit and an alternative patriotic education to watch carefully and be fascinated by it." Liang, chairman of the Macao Federation of Literary and Art Circles, appealed in his later years: "The spring breeze of this culture shared through the Internet has great enlightenment for the promotion and protection of Macao's intangible cultural heritage." Zheng Peifang, the host of Taiwan Province, shared his thoughts on the Internet: "Use the appeal of documentary to arouse people's respect, pride and self-confidence in ancient culture, feel a creative nation, and summon the return of national pride and identity. Let Chinese culture last forever. "
Cultural identity is a kind of collective imagination and psychological identity, and it is also a series of characteristics that distinguish one group from another. With Chinese from China, China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Singapore and other major settlements going to more countries to study, work, live and even emigrate, the Chinese cultural circle is undergoing rapid changes, and the influence of Chinese culture in the world cultural pattern is also rapidly updated. Although the intangible cultural heritage covered in "Inheritance at Fingertips" is only a part of China's traditional handicrafts, and these handicrafts may not occupy the core of China culture, and some handicraft skills (such as sculpture) are not unique to the Chinese nation, their authors, creative ideas, works texts and works connotations are indeed unique to China.
Jade carving on the fingertips
In jade carving, the master makes use of jade raw materials to deduce every flaw into a pattern, so that every piece of jade can really hide its flaws. This is the creative thinking inspired by the concept of "harmony between man and nature" in China culture. The so-called "transformation" in jade carving, the "luck" in Taiji biography and the "hue" of Dujiangyan built by Li Bing and his son should all come from the Book of Changes.
Clay figurine Zhang only created one person-Wu Sheng. Guan Yunchang ranks among the sages, and the Guandi Temple was built for him. Some industries regard him as an ancestor, because he is the embodiment of China folk "righteousness". The symbolic correspondence between Guan Yu's image and Confucian values is a typical successful case in the long process of visualizing Confucian values. Its role is irreplaceable, especially in spreading Confucian values for illiterate people in the old society, and it still has far-reaching influence and unique significance.
Clay figurine on fingertips
The documentary "Inheritance at Fingertips" reflects the rich connotation of China culture and is of direct value to the construction of Chinese cultural identity in the world.
As a film and television work, "Inheritance at Fingertips" endows the theme with extra aesthetic interest with beautiful film and television language, and it is a good-looking and durable documentary.