silk flower

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Beijing silk flower

Applicant: Chongwen District, Beijing

Project No.: 846

Project No.: Ⅶ - 70

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: traditional art

Region: Beijing

Type: new item

Applicant: Chongwen District, Beijing

Protection unit: donghuashi Street Cultural Service Center, Dongcheng District, Beijing

Brief introduction of Beijing silk flower

Applicant: Chongwen District, Beijing

Beijing silk flower, also known as "Beijing flower", is a kind of traditional colored bar art spread in Beijing. It originated in Chongwenmenwai flower market. During the heyday of Kangxi and Qianlong in Qing Dynasty, there were many flower houses, flower bureaus and flower works outside Chongwenmenwai. Most families around Chongwenmenwai were engaged in making silk flowers, and gradually formed a large-scale service of making and selling flowers. As a result, this area became the distribution center of "Jinghua", known as "flower market", and its name is still in use today. Beijing silk flower takes silk, silk, electric spinning, foreign spinning and crepe satin as raw materials. It needs to go through many processes, such as sizing, chiseling, dyeing, petal holding, gluing, storing and packaging. The finished product is exquisite in technology, lifelike in shape and has unique ornamental value. In the past, there were some famous silk flower families in Beijing, such as "huaerjin" and "huaergao", among which "huaerjin" was the general name of the four generations of Jingui, jinwenguang, jinbaoshun and jinyulin. According to a brief introduction to the cultural relics of the old capital, "in the reign of Guangxu, there were people with the surname of Jin, who made paper potted flowers and vase Flowers exquisitely. People called them" Hua'er Jin ". So far, there is no one with the surname of Jin in this industry." At present, affected by the current situation, the silk flower industry is extremely depressed. The Beijing silk flower factory is closed down, and only a few artists have mastered the silk flower weaving skills. The famous Beijing silk flower art is facing the crisis of losing its popularity, which needs to be rescued.