This "Spring Bowl" with a diameter of 1 meter will be released on the Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Snake. The size is very meaningful
On December 4, 2024, "Spring Festival - Social Practice of Chinese Celebrating the Traditional New Year" successfully passed the review and was included in the UNESCO List of Representative Human Intangible Cultural Heritage. To commemorate the successful application for the Chinese New Year's World Heritage, Jingdezhen created the "Spring Bowl" of ceramic art.
"Spring Bowl" is shaped by Zhengde Bowl. The bowl body is surrounded by five different calligraphy characters, meaning five blessings are coming, and it expresses people's yearning for a better life. The decoration uses exquisite blue and white porcelain ceramic craftsmanship, cleverly integrating the six Spring Festival customs of "sticking window flowers", "dance of lions", "dance of dragons", "setting up firecrackers", "reunion dinner" and "watching big dramas". The pictures are bright and bright, full of joy, which not only shows the lively scenes of the Spring Festival, but also conveys the concept of peace, harmony and harmony of Chinese civilization.
This extraordinary "Spring Bowl" has a diameter of 1 meter, representing the first year of the Spring Festival's application for Heritage, 44 cm high, and represents a total of 44 projects in our country have been included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List and List. The production process is handled by Wu Jiangzhong, the inheritor of the super large intangible cultural heritage. To ensure success, the production of this large-scale "Spring Bowl" invited more than 10 intangible cultural heritage inheritors to participate in the production.
Make a 1-meter-sized bowl. In the past, it took at least two and a half months from the rolling to the final firing. This time, it took less than one month from the design to the completion of production, and the time was tight and the task was heavy. To ensure high-quality completion on time, the team works overtime. The production process is complicated, including rolling, underglaze painting, carving, coloring, glaze blowing, overglaze painting and firing.
This "Spring Bowl" that embodies the wisdom and hard work of the people is not only a exquisite ceramic artwork, but also a vivid witness to the inheritance and innovation of the Spring Festival culture. It is understood that this "Spring Bowl" will be unveiled at the 2025 Spring Festival Gala.
(Reporter Yi Wentao and Li Zheng of the General Station)
