The future of Nantong kites

The geopolitics of regional culture does not exclude the times. On the contrary, the regional culture of any place is a combination of geopolitics and the times, which will inevitably be continuously improved and cultivated with the development of the times.

Carrying forward and cultivating traditional regional culture is not "returning to nature", not simply "restoring" tradition, nor pursuing cultural conservatism. Traditional regional culture is a "double-edged sword", in which the conservative side is the burden of progress, so to make kite culture progress, we must break through and innovate the conservative side; The outstanding things in tradition have condensed the creativity and wisdom of generations in a region. The inheritance of traditional regional culture is the inheritance, promotion and cultivation of excellent traditions. Instead of "returning to the original" type of overall inheritance. Only based on the needs of the times and practice can we truly create a bright future for Nantong kite culture. Tradition develops through inheritance and change. The influence of early tradition has been weakening under the historical development, while new things have become "old" and condensed into "tradition" during the historical development. The whole historical development is a process of constantly breaking through and forming traditions. Carrying forward regional culture is essentially a kind of construction and innovation, which is inherited in creation and innovated in Chen Zhong. Traditional regional culture is integrated with the spirit of the times. Inheritance is not taking money from the piggy bank, and development is not stuffing money into the piggy bank. Nantong kite culture can only create a bright future if it faces the times and dares to innovate.

Recently, in my research on Nantong kite culture, I found that there are "three more and three less" phenomena: I know more from the perspective of sports and entertainment, but less from the perspective of culture and art; There are many people who like flying kites, but few people study them from an academic point of view; Many people stick to tradition, but few people are good at innovation. Some people even look beyond the top and blindly mistake their kite knowledge for profound kite culture.

Since the reform and opening up, Nantong kite activity has been active, kite industry has progressed and kite art has developed. Its performance is as follows: with the pursuit of health, pleasure and beauty becoming the mainstream fashion pursuit of public opinion, more and more people fly kites, from rural areas to urban green spaces, men, women and children are flying kites. It used to be only released in spring, but now it is released in spring, summer, autumn and winter, regardless of the east, west, north and south winds. A group of kite artists have made innovations in tying, carving, stretching and painting. Folding has replaced the heavy, tall and difficult to carry in the past. Modeling kites are also equipped with "Hulun" and "whistle". "Double-track kite" began to soar over Nantong. Plate-type hexagonal harrier painting keeps pace with the times. Kite-flying tools, such as the automatic adjustment board of harness, and the skeleton of kite are all made of new materials; In Qiao Liu, Pingchao and Gangzha, a number of professional households specializing in kite making and gourd planting have emerged. A group of retired workers, especially carpenters and woodcarvers, have become the backbone of carving "Gourd Dragon". For example, Xu Guoxing, a captain in the suburb of Pingchao Town, retired from the original shipping company in Nantong. With his carpentry skills, he has tied nearly 100 kites of different specifications in the past six years, and more and more people come to his house to beg for kites. Gu Jingchuan, from Shenchuan Village, Pingchao Town, returned to his hometown after the enterprise restructuring and resumed his hobby of carving Gu Long. He specializes in carving "sip" and "hum" by his own woodworking skills. In the past five years, he has carved 1000. Some academic researchers, such as Zhao Zhiyi of Rudong and Wang Zejun of Li Gang, have published monographs and papers. Xu, formerly from Nantong Institute of Arts and Crafts, has published a book "Kite History" for Professor Nanyi, and books such as "Nantong Kite" have been published by Jiangsu Publishing House and Jiangsu Science and Technology Publishing House. Some professional households went to the market to explore kite management. Guo's modeling kites are becoming more and more prosperous by using companies and farmers. A small number of relatives and friends contact, Nantong badminton products go overseas; Since Shen, Zhu and other leading comrades of the Municipal Wind Association organized Nantong to hold many international kite competitions, more and more people have entered the kite industry in Nantong. Over the past 20 years, dozens of delegations have participated in foreign competitions in Japan, the United States, France, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore, and nearly 100 people have participated in competitions in Weifang, Sichuan, Guiyang and Yangjiang, Guangdong, all of which have won prizes one after another, enjoying a good reputation at home and abroad. There are ten people in Qiao Liu Kite Association. It has become a platform to unite people and build a harmonious society. The first day of March every year is fixed as the kite festival, which undertakes the task of holding the first kite festival in Tongzhou and plays a role in prospering the economy. Lu Bao, located in Bailongmiao Village, Zhaxi Township, is a self-run family kite museum, exhibiting nearly 20 kites of different times. With this carrier, the elite kite club was established, held regular activities, exchanged flying skills, went out to participate in competitions and became a friendship group. When kites enter the classroom, kite culture takes root in the campus. The Sports Group of No.2 Middle School in the city introduced kite making and flying into teaching, explored teaching methods, and held an open class in the middle school system of the whole city, which cultivated students' skills, opened their intelligence, let them fly collectively, cultivated students' sentiment and achieved good results. Won many first prizes in the first national kite competition for middle school students held in Shanghai. At the same time, Wang Zhixiang, a PE teacher, summed up his kite teaching experience with the principles of pedagogy, which produced good results after reading the newspaper. Tianxinghu Middle School in Development Zone made a special trip to learn from it. The Students' Union of Mathematics Department of Normal College of Nantong University held the first kite culture festival with the theme of "Flying Dreams" from June 5438+ 10 to June 5438+ 10, 2002. Through a series of activities, such as large-scale kite exhibition, kite knowledge lecture, kite making competition, kite festival essay writing, collective kite flying, and the dream I pursue, students are encouraged to inherit national culture and be diligent.

Kite culture, as a symbol of ancient regional culture, is combined with modern industrial civilization to become enterprise culture. Nantong has a group of pioneers who have made useful explorations. Ji Hua, chairman of Ziguang Redwood Furniture Co., Ltd., likes kites since childhood. He introduced kite culture into the management mechanism in the operation of mahogany carving products, and hired several gourd carving artists to carve "gourd" on the harrier, because the carving art of "gourd" is not only beautiful in appearance, but also can make a sound. The company organized a kite flying team, participated in many international competitions, and founded a kite art museum, which made kite art promote the marketing of mahogany products. He Weidong, chairman of Meng Hui Company in Pingchao Town, supports the development of the enterprise from three aspects with kite spirit: first, draw the decoration management project of the enterprise on the kite as an advertisement to communicate feelings with customers in the fun; Second, employees who go out to work in the northeast and northwest use their spare time to let go of their feelings and become a project that cares about employees' cultural leisure; As a gift, trading with customers, as a normal thing of reciprocity, enterprises cross industries and become stronger and stronger.

The traditional culture of the Han nationality with a long history has always been open, always willing to absorb the elements of the times and never refusing the assistance of scientific and technological means. For example, in recent years, Nantong people have adopted new technologies and materials when making kites. "Hulong" can be cast, carbon fiber rods can replace bamboo strips, kites can be collected by mechanical "kite collecting machine", and folding kites can be carried and released.

My understanding of Nantong kite culture is like a young child learning a language. I said the word "kite culture" first. Kite spirit, kite art, that is, kite art, kite sculpture, kite music, kite medicine, kite technology, has a wide range of knowledge. The cultural power of kites, that is, the driving force: dare to fight against the wind; Cohesion: collective production (binding, painting, carving and pasting) is coordinated by many people; Affinity: the harmony between man and nature, the emergence and development of "kite culture power", "family and kite culture" and other topics need to be continuously improved in learning. The spiritual blood of Chinese culture can be spread for a long time because of its innovation in content, form and means and its excellent character of keeping pace with the times. The "progress" here is change. Content unchanged will be out of touch with the times; If the form remains the same, it will be out of place with life; If the means remain unchanged, young people's extensive participation will be lost. Change means changing clothes, innovation and sublimation. Nantong kites should not only sail in inland rivers, but also bravely sail to the blue ocean to create a brilliant future in inheriting the glorious past. Weifang, the capital of kites, recently Mr. Gao Zexian of Nantong held a shuttlecock exhibition in Nantong, the most striking of which was The Biography of the Water Margin.