My system is not decent

Chapter 1273 Keeping pace with the times
After the Opium War, that is, after 1840, a large amount of gold and silver flowed out, especially when the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded our country, and many precious handicrafts were plundered abroad.

As a result, gold and silver craftsmanship stagnated, especially when the army of devils invaded our country, which put the filigree inlay industry in a precarious situation.

After the Revolution of [-], court art flowed to the folk.

During this period, perhaps because the number of craftsmen who produced these court arts increased, it further stimulated the improvement of technology.

During this period, don't look at the court art moving towards folk art, just think of it as the decline of technology.

In fact, on the contrary, court art is no longer aloof, but has entered thousands of households.

This further makes all crafts present a state of contention among a hundred schools of thought.

Where there is competition, there is progress, so all kinds of crafts during this period are in a state of rapid rise.

At that time, there were many folk gold and silver shops, and the craftsmanship of each shop was truly flourishing.

At this time, just one filigree craft can be divided into several kinds: filigree, solid inlay, chiseled flowers, burnt blue, emerald emerald, tire-making and inlaid and other crafts.

The Qianmen area of ​​Shendu is a place where "jewelry buildings" are concentrated, and has formed a form of shops in the front and factories in the back.

Jewelry developed rapidly at that time, and some top figures in the industry also appeared.

For example, Zhang Juwu, who is known as the "King of Filigree", artist Yu Hai, Zhao Ziyuan, Wang Zihou, etc., all possess unique skills.

It's a pity that at this most prosperous moment, the country fell into turmoil.

It also caused these masters to be scattered. If it weren't for the Suihou Pearl, their craftsmanship would have been lost, right?

This is also something that cannot be helped. The reincarnation of fate, after the prosperity of the country, is a rapid decline. This is determined by the strength of the country and cannot be reversed by manpower.

Due to warlords' melee, devils' aggression, and our country's civil war, social turmoil, market depression, and people's displacement have resulted.

Filigree jewelry artists lost their jobs, changed careers, and struggled in poverty.

Zhang Juwu, the famous "King of Filigree", starved to death on the way back to his hometown, and the filigree jewelry was in a desperate situation.

It was not until after 1949 that the Chinese government adopted a series of measures such as low-interest loans, supply of raw materials, unified purchase, and exclusive sales to the arts and crafts industry, and organized production cooperatives, and the situation changed.

With the support of the state after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the product categories, expression techniques, and shapes have all developed rapidly.

The filigree inlay industry became cooperative in 1956, and it was only then that the craft really took off.

The Shendu government reorganized the "fine gold artisans" scattered among the people with unique skills, and successively established "filigree production cooperatives" and "mosaic production cooperatives" and other craft enterprises.

In 1958, the two social reform groups merged, and the largest jewelry factory in Asia, the "Filigree Inlay Factory", was officially established on the site of the Confucius Temple in Tongshi.

It was also at this time that this factory became the main production base for making filigree inlay crafts in my country.

It specializes in the production of traditional filigree handicrafts, and is responsible for the export of jewelry in the Shendu area.

In 1960, Shendu Arts and Crafts Factory was established, with a filigree workshop inside.

In 1971, Shendu Jewelry Factory was established. It was also at this time that Chen Wenzhe discovered that not only he wanted to use this top-level craftsmanship to set up a jewelry factory, but the country had already been doing it.

It's just that they didn't make good use of the luxury attribute of this craft!

Coupled with bad luck, or being targeted by someone, anyway, after the reform, it disappeared.

It obviously has the top craftsmanship and the most luxurious attributes, but it has not created the top luxury brand. This is a waste of top craftsmanship, right?

Of course, the operation is not good, but the craftsmanship is truly top-notch.

In the 50s, with the approval of the state to reproduce the crowns and phoenix crowns unearthed in Dingling, Bo Shiyou and others from the research laboratory of Shendu Filigree Mosaic Factory presided over the production.

The fineness of craftsmanship and the degree of simulation have been praised by cultural relics and archaeological experts, and the imitation works are now stored in the National Museum.

In 1985, Shendu Jewelry Factory took the emperor's throne, pedestal, screen, etc. in the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City as prototypes, and produced the "Golden Palace" arts and crafts inlaid with silver filigree.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long. By the end of the 80s, Western countries imposed sanctions on my country, and the number of export orders dropped sharply.

Since then, the factory’s business conditions have not been as good as before, until the Shendu Arts and Crafts Factory in 2001 and the Shendu Filigree Mosaic Factory went bankrupt in 2002.

Since the Shendu Filigree Mosaic Factory went bankrupt, there were more than 1000 employees, but only about 50 of them are still able to work in this industry.

Most of the artists who continue to engage in filigree inlay production set up their own production workshops.

Former director of Shendu Filigree Mosaic Factory, founded Dongfang Yizhen Filigree Mosaic Factory.

Former deputy director of Shendu Filigree Inlay Factory, created Runxin Handicraft Co., Ltd.

Several technicians in their company are all over 50 years old, that is to say, there are no young people in the factory.

Now many crafts of filigree inlay have been lost.

Due to the difficulty in making the filigree mosaic technique, the complicated procedures and the long period of talent training, it is difficult to form a large-scale and systematic training model, which has caused problems such as lack of successors for skilled craftsmen and serious aging.

However, in April 2007, the filigree inlay technique was included in the Shendu-level intangible cultural heritage project, and it was suggested to apply for the national intangible cultural heritage list.

On June 2008, 6, the "filigree inlay production technique" was officially included in the protection project of national intangible cultural heritage.

At present, there are already national inheritors, such as the recent work "The Temple of Prayer for Good Harvest", which is the work of Wang Shuwen, the inheritor of filigree inlay.

Chen Wenzhe really didn't expect that this kind of craft is actually the best modern craft.

Therefore, the word "advancing with the times" is correct at any time.

Although filigree marquetry has gone through trials and tribulations, it eventually developed and is still thriving.

Chen Wenzhe really didn't expect that he could get so many technologies just because he made cloisonne and studied the technology of the Qing court's manufacturing office.

Especially the Yanjing Bajue among them is really amazing.

Just a filigree inlay is enough for him to study for a lifetime.

This means that he has the Pearl of Suihou, and he can directly use the ability of the beads, use the immersive experience, and learn directly.

If he couldn't learn it in his dream, he would need to study hard if he wanted to master one of Yanjing's eight unique skills.

But now?He can be carried by Suihou's Pearl, dreaming for several years, decades, or even a hundred years.

He can directly experience the century-old vicissitudes of filigree craftsmanship in his dream, so that he can directly obtain the skills and experience of many masters in the past century.

This saved him a lot of time, otherwise, just a filigree work would be enough for Chen Wenzhe to make for a lifetime.

Because there are too many works that can be done with just one filigree craft.

(End of this chapter)