Sun Drum Miao Dong Costume Museum: Original National Culture Window

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< p > a museum named "Sun Drum" named by the Miao people as the avatar of the Miao people -- Miao Dong a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_s.asp" > dress > /a > Folk Museum has become the most influential original national cultural window of Miao and Dong nationality gathering areas in Qiandongnan.

Yang Jianhong, curator of the museum, is a national cultural catcher from the "state-run" Museum, who is close to Miao and Dong culture, and collects Miao and Dong costumes with enthusiasm for national culture.

In the past 30 years, we have expressed the dedication of a "Museum man" who cares about national handicraft skills.

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< p > Yang Jianhong began collecting ethnic costumes from Miao and Dong in 1985.

At that time, she worked as a receptionist at the local "state-run" museum. Although the international visitors who came to the Museum came from different countries such as the United States, Sweden and Japan, they all had a special interest in the collection of ethnic minority costumes, and embroidery was the most basic and beautiful element among the minority nationality dress adornment.

Shimamaru Lamegumi, a professor at the Osaka Art Institute in Japan, said to Yang Jianhong after watching the ethnic costumes in the Museum: "you are a gold mine guarding a folk craft, and must be well protected."

Yang Jianhong, who had a strong interest in Miao and Dong ethnic costumes, listened to the speech of Professor takatsu and strengthened his confidence in making this interest into his career. He made an in-depth discussion with Professor takatsu. Professor takatsu told her that the most important way to protect traditional culture is to protect artisans and let Yang Jianhong go to the research of different Miao embroidery villages.

According to Professor Yang Jianhong's suggestion, he went to the village to look for embroidered clothes, to know embroidered mother, and to study embroidery art. From then on, he embarked on a collection of "cultural hard work" to collect, study, protect and display Miao Dong clothing.

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In the process of collection, Yang Jianhong gradually realized the profound cultural value of Miao Dong dress. P

The Miao nationality is a nation without words. They record their history, culture and customs through clothing.

For this reason, some experts call Miao costumes "wear on the body of history."

Moreover, under the whole national dress style of Miao Nationality in different regions, its < a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/" target= "_blank" > clothing < /a > style and commonly used patterns are also different, which convey a lot of information, including the living environment, the gods of worship, the fusion and influence of culture, etc.

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< p > after several years of accumulation and research, Yang Jianhong founded the Miao embroidery studio named after her in the sea in 2000, engaging in the collection, protection, exhibition, training, research and development and sale of national costume.

The studio attracted a large number of foreign tourists to Qiandongnan, with special cultural connotations, original spiritual aspirations and superb embroidery skills.

In 2008, Yang Jianhong took all his family's strength and built up the Museum of Qiandongnan's first private theme museum, the Sun Drum Miao Dong Costume Museum, which houses more than 120 sets of Miao, Dong costumes and more than 600 pieces.

In many years of exploration of Miao embroidery, Yang Jianhong realized that because Miao people had no words, most of the Miao women who were engaged in embroidery were not of high culture and could not systematically describe Miao embroidery.

As a "Museum man", she also needs to undertake theoretical research on this technology in the collection and display of national costumes such as Miao embroidery, which is of great significance both in the Sun Drum Museum and Miao embroidery.

To this end, she went to Beijing to study for "master's degree in oral and non material culture" at Minzu University of China.

Now, every year, I insist on writing research notes and professional papers.

In order to support the operation of the museum, Yang Jianhong also set up a company which mainly manages local embroidery such as Miao embroidery, Qiandongnan Sun Drum Miao Dong Embroidery Co., Ltd.

Relying on the company in Qiandongnan Miao Township Dong village built 16 stable handicraft professional villages, with the market concept and demand focused on training nearly 1000 embroidery workers and batik, paper cut artists, and put these artists into the company's management and training, so that they simply to meet the needs of life skills, through a more professional platform to marketization.

It is the most suitable way of employment for the Miao and Dong women who can not read much, and have little opportunity to take care of the elderly and children.

The folk strength that treasures the value of handicrafts also promotes the introduction of relevant government decisions. In August this year, the Guizhou provincial opinions on the implementation of the splendid project of women's characteristic handicraft industry proposed that we should set up high quality carriers for women to display talent, employment and culture.

Support the establishment of manual industry guidance service center, strengthen skills training, build network platform, and promote the development of women's characteristic handicraft industry's R & D, production, circulation and marketing.

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< p > today, the Sun Drum Museum has become a key visit to Qiandongnan by Chinese and foreign tourists who love handicraft. It is also the most comprehensive and professional display place for Miao Dong dress culture in its native place.

Yang Jianhong is currently the director of the manual weaving Association of the National Women's Federation, the executive committee member of Guizhou women's Federation, the representative successor of Qiandongnan's intangible cultural heritage, and the vice president of Guizhou women's handicraft Association.

But like all the folk museums, the sun drum is also under the pressure of operation.

Some professionals say that the richness of private museums is an important aspect of a country's cultural soft power. In the process of solving these problems such as capital, operation, survival and development, private museums urgently need to find their own Chinese survival laws.

The government also needs to attach importance to the recognition and appeal of private museums.

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< p > Yang Jianhong believes that the soul of a museum is the value of cultural heritage and a display of local history and culture.

China's museums built in the 50s of last century lack genuine areas and have no theme.

The development of private museums is to promote the construction of special museums.

Museum Education for youngsters is also required.

Focus on training professional personnel in museums in universities.

Today, museums in the United States, France and other countries all collect Miao embroidery. Yang Jianhong said that civilization is all human beings, so long as they can be cherished and protected by various forms, they are good things.

The operation of museums abroad is also supported by relevant social funds, and personal donations to museums can be exempted from taxes and respected.

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< p > "now is a good period for museum construction, but the connotation of museum is a cultural content exhibit, not a building built.

Culture is precipitated, and cultural exploration, protection and inheritance can enrich museums, that is, enrich the cultural capacity of a region and a cultural category.

Culture is a long-term project and needs to be boiled.

Now we are walking on the road, with great pressure and responsibility, hoping to get the support and participation of the whole society.

Yang Jianhong said.

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< p > museum experts say that in the majority of the industry, the public welfare of private a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_s.asp" > Museum < /a > is more distinct and prominent. The goal of the museum also pays more attention to giving back to society, preserving more cultural heritage for the nation, and making the public more convenient to contact these long cultural essence.

However, in view of the fact that private museums are still new in China, they are still in the exploratory stage.

Therefore, how to seek healthy development in many problems, such as imperfect access system, imperfect supporting policies, and irregular management operation, need to work together in three aspects: state, individual and society.

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