Chapter 16 Make a Hypothesis
As the little Loli spoke, she stretched out her hand and gestured in front of Xu Yichi.
“I became interested in velvet flowers because I was surfing and watching dramas, but because I was just following the trend to join in the fun, or worried that I would not be able to make good things with my hands, I did not plan to buy the finished product, nor did I prepare to officially It is very possible that this group of people who have learned and made velvet flowers for a long time I will give priority to buying some cheap and large bowls that are easy to make and the finished product does not look too different from ordinary velvet flowers as a substitute to make my first attempt at velvet flower craftsmanship."
"Most of them. After people try it for the first time, they will be affected by the popularity and trend. In the past, my curiosity had been satisfied and my purpose had been achieved, so I stopped exploring the craftsmanship in depth."
"This is a normal phenomenon," he said as he walked to the coffee table. Yang Yan'an lowered his body, elbows and a pestle, and crossed his fingers to support him. "After all, most people really just want to join in the fun and be fashionable by following the slogans of 'revival of the national trend' and 'hualiu is the top', so as not to look like they are incompatible with the current trend." Hot spots are out of touch and out of date, and have no other intentions.”
"But at the same time, there are also a small number of people who really gained a new sense of fun and accomplishment in playing with the twisting stick after their first attempt, and developed a different appreciation for the real and traditional velvet flower making process than 'following the trend and following the trend. ', 'pure brain heat for three minutes' , a stable new interest."
"And these people will be divided into two overlapping factions in the next short period of time."
"One. I still feel that my hands are not dexterous enough to start from removing silk and combing velvet. Make qualified velvet flower ornaments step by step and choose to directly purchase the finished velvet flowers made by craftsmen in the market. ”
“Rather than buying finished products, we are more willing to study the correct production of velvet flowers from scratch. Craftsmanship, work hard to look up information and find strategies , read the tutorial, purchase the relevant tools and materials needed for production, and make a second attempt.”
The little Loli said nonchalantly while banging the coffee table. Xu Yichi leaned forward slightly when he heard the words. Shenzi: "What about the intersection of these two factions?"
"...Xiao Xu, let me ask you, are you really stupid today?" After hearing this, Yang Yanan was silent for a moment uncontrollably, and then threw an ungracious eye roll at the little girl with disgust.
“The intersection of these two factions is, of course, that I feel that I am handicapped or too lazy, but I also want to give it a try, so after purchasing a full set of tools and materials, I also bought someone else’s finished product as a reference. That group of people!”
“Oh, yes, there are indeed many people who like to buy both finished products and materials. It’s unexpected!” Xu Yichi pawed as if he was suddenly enlightened, “Senior, look at my brain!”
“No, I don’t look at it,” the little Loli curled her lips, “Because the top of your neck is empty. You have no brains at all.”
“Hey.” Xu Yichi pretended to cry—she was spurned by the top senior again.
"Okay, I won't talk to you about the things that are there and not... I will continue to tell you." Yang Yan'an, who had insulted the little girl, waved his hand, "Those who are willing to buy relevant tools and materials, and try to learn and make velvet flowers. , can be regarded as a potential In the future, the excellent seeds of the intangible velvet flower craftsmanship may be passed down.”
“The subsequent development process is similar to the previous one. Many people will only get a taste of it after buying tools and trying to make velvet flowers a few times. content with With the current technical level, you may feel that velvet flowering is not suitable for you, so you may turn to other techniques - such as flower entanglement and heat shrinking that we mentioned before, filigree enamel that has emerged in the past two years, or accessories. Other unrelated things - only a small number of people will choose to continue their studies."
"After studying and understanding the more traditional velvet flower making process, they will probably have two completely different ones. There is no contradiction, which one comes first and which one comes last? There is no problem in the direction of further study - one is to move closer to a formal and professional direction that can truly inherit the velvet flower skills, and find relevant intangible inheritors for more systematic and in-depth study. ""The second is to move towards improvement. Independent exploration and research in the direction of technology and theme innovation. The products in this direction may not be professional enough, but they are novel and interesting enough to attract more people to understand and become interested in velvet craftsmanship, thus integrating with the above points. , Together they form a complete and virtuous cycle of cultural communication."
"This way..." Xu Yichi thought thoughtfully for a moment, then twisted his body and moved closer to the coffee table. Minato, "Nana, senior, if you say that the improved and innovative products themselves may not be professional enough... Then can these products and the craftsmen who made these velvet flowers still be regarded as part of the inheritance of velvet flower techniques? ?”
"Moreover, according to what you said - so many people have been selected through layers of natural screening and elimination, and finally the remaining people who can truly become the inheritors of the Eight Classics of Intangible Culture will be Is it too little?”
“No, Xiao Xu, you have a lot of An obvious misunderstanding." Yang Yan'an shook his head, "That is, people's interests and hobbies are not static throughout their lives."
"If you don't like something at first, you may suddenly like it one day; Looking at the skills that I am not interested in understanding in detail, maybe a certain In the future, it will become a craft that I rely on to make a living.”
“Xiao Xu, let me take the ‘Ronghua’ thing that I just explained to you as an example.”
“ China currently has a total population of 1.4 billion, and the number of Internet users has reached 1.092 billion, accounting for nearly Almost up to 80%." At this point, the little Loli paused slightly, "We assume that about half of the 80% of Chinese people have come across information about 'Ronghua' while surfing the Internet or watching TV dramas. News, I learned that China has such an intangible cultural heritage as 'velvet flower'."
"So at this point, the spread rate of the word 'velvet flower' has changed from 'almost unknown' to being 'familiar' in front of nearly four people in China."< br>
“Among the 550 million people who have received news about 'Ronghua', let us assume that only One percent of the people are curious about velvet flowers and intend to make a preliminary attempt at it - that is 5.5 million people."
"We will follow the same proportion for the remaining steps. Calculated further - 5.5 million people have initially understood and tried to experience the simplification of velvet flower through various channels. One percent of the people have further developed a stable and lasting curiosity about this process. There are still fifty-five thousand people here."
"Fifty-five thousand people take another hundred percent. One is five hundred and fifty - we assume that there are five hundred and fifty people who have officially learned about the cultural skills related to 'velvet flower' , are still willing to continue to learn and study more traditional and formal production techniques, or improve and innovate existing themes and techniques."
"Then, there were once only a dozen or even single-digit inheritors. Yilanhua has evolved into more than 500 potential inheritors.”
The peak continues to open
(End of this chapter)