Velencétől Hunanig: A kézműves művészet időtlen szépsége
Velencében és a nyugat-kínai Hunanban a kézművesek évszázados mesterségeket tartanak életben a maszkkészítéstől a miao hímzésig, megőrizve a hagyományokat egy egyre modernebb világban.
00:05Once one of the richest places on earth for centuries, this floating city was the preeminent center for East-West Exchange.
00:12Something which may explain why Venice's most iconic symbol has distant and quite unexpected origins.
00:19Well, we think we discovered that the lion is Chinese.
00:22In western Hunan province, we'll explore a craft that's woven into the local fabric.
00:27The bride behind me is wearing a special Miao wedding dress.
00:30And in Miao culture, mothers weave their blessings into their daughters' wedding dresses.
00:35Every stitch is a cherished memory, each pattern a wish for the future.
00:40Welcome to Crossing Cultures. Join us as we explore the very best traditions of both China and Europe.
00:51Nothing really prepares you for the majesty of Venice.
00:54From its stunning architecture and picturesque canals to the sheer audacity of those who built it.
01:00But delve beneath the surface and there's a darker side.
01:04It's a story of power, seduction and sin.
01:08But also creativity, one that goes to the very heart of the Venetian soul.
01:13One place that vividly brings that story to life is Samarkana.
01:17For over 40 years, it has turned the centuries old craft of Venetian mask making into a true art form.
01:23Davide, what are you working on right now?
01:26Well, I'm creating a new mask.
01:28So, I have a negative form, I have this special kind of paper called wool paper that I'm going to combine in a certain way to register all the details of the mold, creating then the new positive mask.
01:43And is this the process that would have been used centuries ago?
01:47For sure, yes.
01:48People used to use the same technique.
01:50So, a negative form and a positive form made with a mask inside it.
01:55And how do you choose the designs?
01:57Are you guided by tradition or do you create new styles?
02:00Well, it depends.
02:01There are some masks that have certain iconographies.
02:05But then there are many masks that are, you know, fantasy based.
02:08Or they are inspired by books, by films and so on.
02:12Beautifully hand painted, many masks are playful.
02:16Others are slightly macabre and unsettling.
02:19The result is a wonderful, albeit weird world.
02:22But who wore them and why?
02:24Well, at the time of the Republic of Venice, in the past centuries, everybody could wear a mask.
02:30Nobles and commoners to hide their identity.
02:33Then there are other masks for carnival that everybody could wear as well.
02:37That could have been any kind of mask.
02:41Now, from this family of mask makers here in Venice, let's uncover another ancient craft in China.
02:49Igor, over to you.
03:00The Miao are one of China's oldest ethnic groups.
03:04In the misty mountains of western Hunan, they weave their stories in thread and collar.
03:09What do you mean by the Miao 蓆 ?
03:10In the first world.
03:11From the world.
03:12By the time of the Miao 祖, the Miao 族 was given a 5,000 years of mud.
03:13In the world.
03:14The Miao 族 was given a place and a world of lovely places.
03:19And the Miao 物 that were taken into the way.
03:20Then the Miao 物 that grew their stories in the house.
03:22And the Miao 族 did almost all of us.
03:24It wasp Mozart.
03:25To the people that were taken into the world and the Miao 族 is a Miao 妤 妇 妇 妇 妇 妇 妇 妇 妇 妇 妇 妇 妇 妇 妇
03:28妇 妇 妇
03:33I know that young people have no words, but are they not using such a way to put their own world and values into their own world and values?
03:40We use the way to make the process of the 5,000 years in the process of walking through some important events.
03:49So, for example, in many young people, we see two traces of water.
03:55That two traces of water in the process of walking through the river and the river.
04:00You can see these two traces of water in the back of my hat.
04:03But these two traces of water in the back of the river, we have not used to be a black or a green one, but there are two traces of water.
04:12I love you, I love you.
04:18In the Miao tradition,
04:30A wedding dress may take three generations to complete.
04:34A single thread runs through time, binding together the hearts of grandmother, mother and daughter.
04:41Their hands move at different moments in life, yet their stitches meet on the same piece of cloth.
04:47This is a very speciality of our wedding dress.
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