Textile Intangible Cultural Heritage: The "Shuttle Journey" Of The Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal Into Gaoyang, Hebei

The "shuttle hunting trip" team visited Gaoyang Textile Museum. Photographed by Lu Jianyong

The "shuttle hunting trip" team experienced the production process of plant dyeing. Photographed by Lu Jianyong

On August 5, the 2023 Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal "shuttle seeking trip" Jinan Grand Canal silk textile industry "intangible cultural heritage to help common prosperity" theme search series activities entered Gaoyang County, "China's textile town", Hebei Province.

On the same day, the "shuttle seeking trip" team visited Gaoyang Textile Museum, Gaoyang Textile Intangible Cultural Heritage Digital Exhibition Hall, Yanfutun Concert Inheritance Base and Gaoyang County towel music industry education center, experienced the production process of grass and wood dyeing, and conducted interactive exchanges on the inheritance of traditional culture and the innovation and development of textile industry.

According to Zheng Finland, the initiator of the activity and the ambassador for the promotion of intangible cultural heritage of China's textile industry in 2020, this 10 day search activity started from Gongshu District of Hangzhou on July 31, and carried out a shuttle and silk handicraft search along the relevant cities along the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal (Hangzhou, Tongxiang, Suzhou, Qufu, Liaocheng, Cangzhou, Gaoyang, Tianjin, Beijing Tongzhou), The closing ceremony and summary exchange meeting will be held in Tongzhou, Beijing.

The "shuttle search" team visited the Yanfutun Concert Heritage Base. Photographed by Lu Jianyong

Zheng Finland said that the "shuttle journey" team of 15 people, including experts and scholars, and students majoring in design in colleges and universities, actively promoted the exchange and cooperation between the Grand Canal Cultural Heritage Ecological Protection Zone and the cities along the Dayun River, and explored the creation of "silk" intangible cultural heritage industry development clusters through the documentary film "shuttle" video recording, story sharing, exchange activities and achievements display, We will work together to promote the innovation and transformation of intangible cultural heritage along the Grand Canal, to benefit people and help achieve common prosperity.

The "shuttle hunt" team visited Gaoyang Textile Intangible Cultural Heritage Digital Exhibition Hall. Photographed by Lu Jianyong

The textile industry of Gaoyang County has a history of more than 400 years. At present, the county has more than 4000 textile enterprises, more than 20000 sets of various textile machinery, 120000 employees, an annual output value of 53 billion yuan, an annual output of 5 billion towels and 45000 tons of blankets.

(Source: China News Network)