On June 28th, the Liwan Intangible Cultural Heritage Cluster officially opened, serving as Guangzhou's first productive intangible cultural heritage cluster. Spanning 12,000 square meters, the initial phase of the cluster has attracted 20 intangible cultural heritage master studios, which are run by national, provincial, municipal, and district-level inheritors of intangible cultural heritage. The cluster is dedicated to functioning as a comprehensive platform for production, exhibition, sales, and educational research in the field of intangible cultural heritage.
In 2022, Liwan District formulated and implemented the "Measures for Promoting the High-Quality Development of Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection in Liwan District". In constructing the Liwan Intangible Cultural Heritage Cluster, the government followed these measures, adopting a three-party contract model where state-owned enterprises provide benefits, the government offers support, and the inheritors assume responsibilities. This approach provides support to the inheritors who join the cluster.
Tan Guanghui, a representative inheritor of Guangzhou Painted Porcelain, or guangcai porcelain, a national-level intangible cultural heritage, operates Guanghui Painted Porcelain Studio, which spans over 500 square meters and includes different functional areas such as porcelain production, exhibition hall, lecture room, and experience room. Tan Guanghui shared, "With the progress of the old city renovation project, my studio producing guangcai porcelain faced the need for relocation. The completion of the Liwan Intangible Cultural Heritage Cluster has resolved my concerns and allowed the less-known intangible cultural heritage to enter a modern industrial park. Moreover, supported by the policies, I rented the studio for 10 yuan per square meter, saving rental costs for the studio." Tan Guanghui believes that the studio located in the cluster is a more comprehensive one, while the studio in the intangible cultural heritage street of Yongqingfang block serves as a showcase for intangible cultural heritage. In the future, Tan Guanghui will carry out the entire process of creating Guangzhou Painted Porcelain in the cluster.
The Liwan Intangible Cultural Heritage Cluster is not only home to national and provincial-level inheritors but also introduces a group of young inheritors, with an average age of around forty, injecting new energy into the cluster. Mai Zhumei, a representative inheritor of an ivory carving at the municipal level, is one such young inheritor who studied under Zhang Minhui, a national-level representative inheritor of ivory carving. Previously, Mai Zhumei created works in her master's studio, but after moving to the Liwan cluster, she now has an independent studio.
Mai Zhumei said, "In the 100-square-meter studio, I can arrange the workspace according to my preferred style, which helps stimulate my creativity. Additionally, the supportive policies provide rent benefits to intangible cultural heritage inheritors' studios, enabling young inheritors to invest their limited funds into intangible cultural heritage creation." In recent years, in addition to inheriting Zhang Minhui's traditional carving techniques, Mai Zhumei has gradually developed her own artistic style. She carves ivory into earrings, pendants, and miniature ornaments, allowing intangible cultural heritage to become part of people's daily lives.
图集｜广州首个生产性非遗集聚区开园
6月28日，荔湾非物质文化遗产集聚区正式开园，这是广州首个生产性非遗集聚区。荔湾非遗集聚区首期引入了20家非遗大师工作室进驻，致力于打造生产、展示、销售、研学等于一体的非遗综合性集聚发展平台。
荔湾非遗集聚区首期建设面积达12000平方米，以保护传承、活态展示、生态延续为目标，引入了国家、省、市、区各级非遗传承人工作室20家，打造集生产、展示、体验、培训、研发、交流等于一体的非遗综合性集聚发展平台。
2022年，荔湾区制定出台《荔湾区促进非物质文化遗产保护事业高质量发展扶持办法》，荔湾非遗集聚区的建设遵循了该办法，采取“国企让利一点、政府扶持一点、传承人承担一点”的三方签约方式，给予入驻非遗集聚区传承人扶持。
广彩国家级非遗代表性传承人谭广辉的广辉彩瓷工作室有着500多平方米，划分制瓷区、展示厅、讲座室、体验室等多个功能区。“随着旧城改造项目的推进，我生产广彩的工作室也面临着搬迁，荔湾非遗集聚区的落成为我解决了后顾之忧，让深藏在巷子里的非遗文化走进充满现代化的产业园区。此外，在扶持办法下，我以每平方米10元的租金租下工作室，节约了工作室的租金成本。”谭广辉表示，开设在永庆坊广州非遗街区的工作室是展示非遗文化的窗口，而开设在荔湾非遗集聚区的工作室是综合性更强的非遗工作室，届时，将在荔湾非遗集聚区完成广彩作品全链条创作。
在荔湾非遗集聚区，不仅有国家级、省级传承人，也引进了一批新生代非遗传承人，平均年龄约四十岁，为荔湾非遗集聚区输送新力量。象牙雕刻市级非遗代表性传承人麦珠妹是新生代非遗传承人，师从象牙雕刻国家级非遗代表性传承人张民辉。以往，麦珠妹在师傅的工作室创作作品，入驻荔湾非遗集聚区后，麦珠妹有了独立的工作室。
麦珠妹说：“在100多平方米的工作室内，我可以根据自己喜爱的风格布置创作空间，有助于激发我的创作灵感。另外，相关扶持办法给予了非遗传承人工作室租金优惠，有利于青年非遗传承人将有限的资金投入到非遗创作。”近年来，麦珠妹除了传承张民辉的传统雕刻技艺，还逐渐开拓自己的创作风格，以象牙果雕刻耳环、吊坠、微缩摆件等，让非遗走进市民生活。
文｜羊城晚报全媒体记者 马思泳 通讯员 荔宣
图｜羊城晚报全媒体记者 陈秋明
翻译｜刘佳慧
责编 | 王楠
