Leave the stove and pick up the bowl: Chatting at the threshold of folk art

Author: Pan Lusheng
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: One is a professional researcher in folk arts, and the other is an editor from the mass media. Driven by the idea of paying attention to, loving, and hoping that folk arts can be noticed by more people, the two authors engaged in an extensive and in-depth conversation. This is a conversation that touches on a wide range of topics, both from a broad perspective, such as the sky, the earth, and the seasons, and down to the details of folk customs and arts, such as the villages of the Huizhou merchants, Tang suits, Chinese knots, and the Kitchen God, etc. It takes people back to a world with profound cultural heritage, both mysterious and rich, detached from reality. Because the two authors have different backgrounds, their viewpoints are not always the same, so the conversation inevitably involves intertwining, communication, collisions, responses, and even contradictions. This is precisely what makes the conversation interesting and meaningful.