Special feature of 1905 film network When Suzhou is mentioned, people often think of the ancient city gate with fragrant vines, elegant and deep classical gardens, and the shocking ancient bells of Hanshan Temple. The first chapter of A Dream of Red Mansions reads as follows: "On that day, the land fell to the southeast, and there was a place called Gusu in this southeast corner, and there was a city called Changmen, which was the first-class and second-class rich and romantic place in the world of mortals."

Jin Yong wrote: "Suzhou is a prosperous place in the southeast, full of beautiful scenery and flowers." Suzhou has been prosperous for thousands of years, and its profound humanistic connotation and elegant and beautiful natural environment have given birth to Suzhou traditional handicrafts. This issue of "Today’s Film Review" specially invited Professor Chen Anying from Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts to admire the Soviet works through light and shadow, and appreciate the exquisite hand-made works.

The documentary film "Tiangong Su Zuo" shows the exquisite workmanship and elegant charm of Su Gong Su’s works of art. Since ancient times, Su Gong Su Zuo has enjoyed a great reputation in the world, and had a high reputation in ancient times. Chen Anying mentioned: "At that time, a court painter created a long scroll for Emperor Qianlong, called" The Prosperous Map of Gusu ",which contained many handicraft shops; Zhang Dai praised Wuzhong’s stunts in A Dream of Taoan, the first of which was to cure jade. A representative named Lu Zigang, the Zigang Cup held in Suzhou now, is the most advanced exhibition in the jade carving world, as well as Suzhou embroidery, silk reeling and nuclear carving, which are in the leading position in the whole country and even the whole world. There is a saying in "Tiangong Kaiwu" that although Liangyu gathers the capital, the skillful craftsman pushes Suzhou County, which means that the most advanced craftsman is in Suzhou. This situation remains the same today. "

"Tiangong Su Zuo" comprehensively shows nine representative traditional crafts in Suzhou, and tells the inheritance and development of each craft through 12 stories of non-genetic inheritors. Each skill is very attractive, such as weaving Song brocade, which has to learn code first, which actually refreshes the cognition of many audiences.

"Tiangong Su Zuo" reveals Chinese’s core aesthetics and the comprehensive art of poetry and painting through Su Zuo. Take the nuclear sculpture in this film as an example. There is an article called "The Story of the Nuclear Boat", which reads: "It’s not because of the situation, each has its own modality, and it tastes like a nuclear boat." This reflects China’s aesthetic preference of seeing the big from the small and being thousands of miles away. Therefore, on the surface, Su Zuo is elegant, refined, subtle and ingenious, but in fact it contains profound Chinese traditional culture.

In "Tiangong Su Zuo", there is a descendant of the lantern-colored craft. He thinks that there are only two kinds of lanterns in the world. Those for others are hung outside, and they should be turned on or off. Those for themselves are kept in their hearts and always on.

Chen Anying said: "There is a very touching scene in the film. A group of elderly craftsmen are coming towards the audience. The film also reflects the inheritance and innovation relationship between the three generations of their Xue family. Xue Dong, the youngest, has received modern design education, so he always feels that many things can be made in a more convenient way, but his parents prefer to make them by hand in the traditional way. Nowadays, many young friends also admire the craftsman spirit very much, because in recent years, concepts such as intangible cultural heritage and national tide are very popular among young friends and are constantly exported. More and more film and television creators will focus their attention and creativity on Chinese traditional culture. "

In the future, "Tian Gong Su Zuo" will be released overseas. What is the significance of this film at present? At present, the film accurately captures the core of the intangible heritage: people, especially the inheritors. At the same time, the film consciously makes Suzhou craftsmen express themselves in Suzhou dialect, and the ending song of the film also speaks Suzhou dialect. With the long scroll of Suzhou gardens, it shows the craftsmen in the film and presents the aesthetics and history and culture behind Suzhou traditional crafts in a very artistic way.

The story of the film goes from shallow to deep. At first, it shows the lights and boat spots, which are the art that the audience came into contact with earlier when they visited Suzhou, and then slowly introduces some skills beyond their eyes. Many people who go to Suzhou go to Suzhou Gardens the most, and the architecture of Suzhou Gardens is related to the Xiangshan Gang mentioned in the movie, as well as the production of Ming-style furniture, which is abundant in gardens. Chen Anying added: "Of course, there are still some skills that can be filmed in the future, such as the skills of stacking stones and bonsai."

If you are interested in going to Suzhou, you are advised to watch Tiangong Su Zuo before you leave. The film reveals a Suzhou that many people don’t know. The folk have their own masters. Maybe they will meet a skilled craftsman during the trip, and at the same time, they can make people understand the humanistic connotation of Suzhou more deeply. It turns out that these masterpieces are so exquisite and continue in daily life in a living way.

The Chairman of the Supreme Leader once said: "Tell the story of China well with beauty as the medium." "Tiangong Su Zuo" brings the most beautiful things in China overseas, and through this artistic way, it infects everyone, making everyone like Suzhou, traditional crafts and China.

The documentary film "Tian Gong Su Zuo" will be broadcast on CCTV6 movie channel at 11: 40 on April 24, so please don’t miss it.