On Nov. 10,theresearch and training classfor inheritors of Bijieintangible cultural heritage(embroidery)wasopened in Bijie Vocational and Technical College. Forty inheritors of intangible cultural heritage (embroidery) from various counties,cities and districts participated in the 15-day training, which ended on Nov 24.
Since Bijie Vocational and Technical College was approved as "Guizhou Intangible Cultural Heritage Heritage Training Base" in 2016, under the arrangement and guidance of Guizhou Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and Bijie Municipal Culture, Radio, Film and Tourism Bureau, it has actively carried out the training for inheritors of Bijieintangible cultural heritage. In the past 7 years, it has carried out 7sessionsof training andtrained340 persons, including 4sessionsofembroidery trainingfor190 persons, 2sessions of traditional food skills trainingfor100 persons, and 1sessionof rattan weaving skills trainingfor50 persons.
During the training, leaders of provincial and municipal cultural departments andheads of thecollege attended the opening ceremony of the class. Some leaders gave lectures tothestudents, requiring them to fully understand the importance of the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage, actively absorb new knowledge, constantly improve their aesthetic ability and creative ability, and create works more in line with contemporary aesthetic orientation through the combiningmodern design and traditional skills.
The training aimedto further strengthen the protection and inheritance of the intangible cultural heritage in Bijie, improve the ability level of representative inheritors of the intangible cultural heritage projects in the city, promote the enrichment of skills, and help rural revitalization.
Itfocusedon mutual learning among participants, and constantly improvingthe level of intangible cultural heritage protection and inheritance through learning andcommunication.It adhered to help traineestomeet thethe practical needs, actively accept new ideas,integratetheir works into modern lifeandinto the new era, adapt to the market demands, improve the market competitiveness oftheirproductsandfully integrate with the market,hoping that they couldacquire wealth and create a new lifewith skills.The training paidattention to the full integration of theoretical study and creative practiceand laid stress on thetrainees’ communicationand mutual learningso that they couldimproveskills together.
In order to help trainees learn useful skills, effectively increase their incomes, and contribute to rural revitalization, In thissession, the trainingwasextended tocoverrepresentative inheritors of representative intangible cultural heritage projects at all levels, their children and apprentices, artisans who take representative intangible cultural heritage projects as their main occupation or source of family income, managersandresearchersof small and micro enterprises, workshops and cooperatives whose main business is representative intangible cultural heritage projects,and people who intend to work in poverty-alleviation relocation sites in inhospitable areas.
Thetrainees said that they should take on the mission and task of non-heritage inheritors, paidattention to the inheritance of traditional skills, led people out of povertytoget rich, and madenew contributions to the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage. Huang Mei, a technician at Funa Batik Embroidery Farmers' Professional cooperative inZhuchangTown of Nayong County, has been trained at Bijie Vocational and Technical College three times. Huang Mei said that after the non-inherited training at Bijie Vocational and Technical College,herembroidery skills hadbeen transformed from crude to refined, which hadstrengthenedherconfidence and determination in non-inherited embroidery. Itisreported that Huang Mei won the title of "Guizhou Embroidery Craftsman" in the selection of "the 4th Guizhou Artisan","Guizhou Wine Craftsman", "Guizhou Tea Craftsman" and "Guizhou Embroidery Craftsman" by Guizhou Federation of Trade Unions this year.
