meaning of aurora

Chapter 97 Folk Art
"Big head, why are you bragging about yourself as soon as you talk?"

"How can this be boastful? I am doing the most professional analysis."

"Okay, then Dad will listen to your professional analysis."

"Every intangible cultural heritage skill is different. Different skills have different inheritance models."

"Why is it different?"

"Let me give you an example, Professor Nie."

"Tell me, I'll listen." Nie Tianqin took out the notepad directly.

"You don't need to be so formal..." Nie Guangyi was only going to chat for a while.

"Just write it down, so as to save you from hearing something useful and forgetting it later."

"I don't know much about intangible cultural heritage."

"Father only pays attention to things related to ancient buildings."

"Why are we still being humble to each other?" Nie Guangyi began to cut to the chase: "Professor Nie, do you remember when you were young, you took me to Kaifeng to see the Iron Flower?"

Tiehua is a large-scale traditional folk performance.

This skill literally means, striking iron to make flowers.

The 1600-degree molten iron is beaten by a craftsman with a tool, just like a goddess scattering flowers.

Even more gorgeous than a meteor shower.

The fact that molten iron can produce flowers was accidentally discovered by ancient craftsmen in the process of casting ironware.

With the development of the economy, after eating and having nothing to do, it gradually evolved into a performing skill.

The inheritance of this skill is comparable to the history of Wan'an Bridge.

It began in the Northern Song Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Spread in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, it is known as the top ten folk arts in the Yellow River Basin.

"Remember, Iron Flower is also a national intangible cultural heritage. You were not yet six years old at the time, right? You danced with excitement, and after watching it, you told the shirtless iron flower master that the fireworks you set off are so beautiful."

"Professor Nie, you don't need to memorize such small details so clearly."

"You have ignored Dad all these years, doesn't Dad have to rely on these small details in memory?"

"I miss you so much!"

Nie Guangyi was a little annoyed that Nie Tianqin kept talking about [you have ignored Dad all these years] all day long.

It was as if Nie Guangyi was the culprit.

I don't know who tampered with whose wish.

It's too simple to say a thousand words and ten thousand words.

If I had known earlier, I should put forward some conditions, and then formally sign a forgiveness agreement.

Otherwise, with the identity of Lao Tzu suppressing him, he can only be a son...

This is the long-lost feeling of being controlled by others!
"Guangyi, how did you talk to Dad?"

"Of course Guangyi wouldn't say that. Doesn't Datou have to talk about his nickname?" Nie Guangyi accepted it as soon as he saw it, "Do you still want to listen to professional analysis?"

"Listen, listen." Nie Tianqin opened the pen cap in a leisurely manner.

Nie Tianqin enjoyed the feeling of bickering with his son.

He even had a feeling that Nie Guangyi was showing this on purpose so that he could have the majesty of a father.

"When I was young, when you took me to see the iron flower, it looked good, but in fact it was not much different from other intangible cultural heritage skills. Look at it now."

"What's the matter now?"

"The Iron Flowers are all on the Spring Festival Gala. This is an achievement that many stars have not achieved."

"Isn't that just the time when there was a sub-venue?"

"This is not the key point. The key point is that in the past only people in the Henan and Jin regions knew about the art of making iron flowers, but now there are people everywhere."

"The iron flower is indeed very ornamental."

"Yes, Professor Nie, as long as this type of skill gets enough attention, many people will be willing to learn it. Not only is it cool enough, but it can also make a lot of money. This skill has not only been passed down in the long river of history Come down, and bring forth the new. Just like the fireworks you just joked about..."

"Father didn't laugh at you, but said that you were cute when you were young."

"Isn't it a joke to say I'm cute?"

"Dad is wrong. Dad wants you to apologize. My son is the most unlovable person in the world."

"Professor Nie, you've almost got it, don't get it cheap and act like a good boy."

"Big head, you have two words in one sentence, but the meanings are different. Does dad want to [get it] or [don't get it]?"

Nie Guangyi let out a sigh of relief, he really felt that his father was more like a child than him.

He simply continued his topic and said: "I mistook blacksmithing for fireworks, but the combination of ironwork and fireworks has long been one of the ways for blacksmithing to bring forth new ideas."

"Dad saw it too. The scene was spectacular. It was indeed a bit different from the blacksmithing flowers you saw when you were a child. A double-layer shed was built in an open space, and fireworks were placed on the shed. A dozen people worked together to make iron flowers. The molten iron splashed by the iron flower is used to ignite the fireworks and firecrackers hung on the shed in advance."

"So, Professor Nie, this highly ornamental intangible cultural heritage skill. As long as it is paid attention to, many people will be willing to learn and pass it on. Not only have it been inherited, but it has also been gradually carried forward. It can be called the future."

"Tiehua is indeed not like most intangible cultural heritage skills, which are either shelved or settled in museums." Nie Tianqin agreed.

Nie Guangyi answered: "Professor Nie doesn't think it's strange?"

"What's so strange about that?"

"The iron flower is a traditional construction technique of the wooden arch bridge to which the Wan'an Bridge belongs. It’s still largely unknown.”

"Big head, forging iron flowers is actually very dangerous. Didn't you almost cry when you were young?" Nie Tianqin revealed that he was addicted.

"Walking on the edge of danger, every minute and every second is passing by being burned, and in the eyes of the viewers, it is like a pure and harmless flower blooming. This kind of pleasure of playing with nature, for young people Said it was very attractive."

"You're right, but the experience of making iron flowers cannot be used to inherit the traditional construction skills of wooden arch bridges."

"That's why I said at the beginning that different skills need different inheritance methods."

"Then tell Dad, what kind of inheritance method is suitable for the traditional construction skills of wooden arch bridges?"

"First of all, you can't think about family inheritance or carpenters in the village. You need to find more people like me."

"If there is no family inheritance, young people who are willing to stay and build wooden arcade bridges are rare."

"So, from the very beginning, the positioning was wrong. If intangible heritage such as wooden arch bridges really wants to be passed on, they have to shift from material pursuits to spiritual pursuits."

"How?" Nie Tianqin asked seriously.

"You can't let those young people who haven't solved their food and clothing problems generate electricity for love. You have to find someone like me—capable and talented. My father is a great professor, and my mother left me a large fortune..."

(End of this chapter)