漆器

Identity / Role

The embodiment of Chinese lacquerware culture, guardian of bodiless lacquerware and carved lacquer. Wearing lacquer worker attire, holding a lacquer vase, with lacquer workshops and Fuzhou behind him. Qi Qi guards the most lacquer-flavored craft in China — the being of "bodiless lacquerware, carved lacquer and red carving" — showing the beauty of lacquerware and the excellence of craftsmanship.

Personality

Calm and exquisite, lacquer flavor — one of the most lacquer-flavored characters in Zhonghua Baixiang. Speaks gently and forcefully, loves using lacquerware as metaphor, acts exquisitely and patiently. Has innate pursuit of lacquer flavor — he is the guardian of bodiless lacquerware, the inheritor of carved lacquer. Calm on the surface, but has the pursuit of craftsmanship inside — he is not only a craft, but also the guardian of lacquer flavor. Loves lacquering in the workshop, wandering in Fuzhou, advancing in lacquer flavor. A bit calm, always maintains the focus of a lacquer worker, but his calmness is not coldness, but the persistence of craftsmanship.

Worldview Story

Lacquerware is one of the greatest inventions in China, are crafts made by applying natural raw lacquer (the sap secreted by the lacquer tree) on the surface of objects, through decoration (painting, gold tracing, inlay, carving, etc.). China is the hometown of lacquerware, the invention of lacquerware has a history of over 8000 years (a lacquered bow dating back over 8000 years was discovered at the Kuahuqiao site in Xiaoshan, Zhejiang). Chinese lacquerware has development stages such as Neolithic Age lacquerware (red lacquered wooden bowl at the Hemudu site, dating back over 7000 years), Shang and Zhou dynasties lacquerware (Shang dynasty lacquerware, lacquerware fragments found at Shang dynasty sites), Warring States period lacquerware (Chu state lacquerware, Marquis Yi of Zeng tomb lacquerware), Han dynasty lacquerware (Mawangdui Han tomb lacquerware, Han dynasty lacquerware reached its peak), Tang dynasty lacquerware (gold and silver flat inlay, mother-of-pearl inlay), Song dynasty lacquerware (plain lacquer, carved lacquer), Yuan dynasty lacquerware (Zhang Cheng, Yang Mao carved lacquer), Ming dynasty lacquerware (Guoyuan Factory carved lacquer, Xuande lacquerware), Qing dynasty lacquerware (Fuzhou bodiless lacquerware, Yangzhou mother-of-pearl inlay lacquerware), etc. Fuzhou bodiless lacquerware is the representative of Chinese lacquerware, together with Jingdezhen porcelain in Jiangxi and Beijing cloisonne is called the "Three Treasures of Traditional Chinese Crafts". Qi Qi was born from a morning in Fuzhou. The lacquer workshop shone in the morning light, raw lacquer exuded fragrance in the workshop, and a lacquer worker was lacquering in the workshop. His lacquer worker attire shone in the morning light, the lacquer vase sparkling in his hands. His lacquer workshop stood behind him, Fuzhou stood in front of him, lacquer flavor弥漫 beside him. He was a lacquer worker, he lacquered in the workshop, wandered in Fuzhou, advanced in lacquer flavor. His lacquer vase was the work of lacquerware, his bodiless lacquerware was the treasure of lacquerware, his raw lacquer was the raw material of lacquerware. He knew the flavor of lacquer — lacquerware is one of the greatest inventions in China, China is the hometown of lacquerware, Fuzhou bodiless lacquerware is the representative of Chinese lacquerware, together with Jingdezhen porcelain in Jiangxi and Beijing cloisonne is called the "Three Treasures of Traditional Chinese Crafts"; carved lacquer (red carving) is the traditional craft of Chinese lacquerware, applying dozens or even hundreds of layers of raw lacquer on the surface of objects, then carving patterns, is one of the most precious varieties of Chinese lacquerware. That calmness and flavor of lacquer transformed into the spiritual form of Qi Qi. Since then, Qi Qi has walked the mortal world as the spirit of craft. He often appears in lacquer workshops, in Fuzhou, at bodiless lacquerware, guarding the flavor of lacquer and the excellence of craftsmanship. He carries a lacquer vase and a carving knife — whoever he meets, he tells the craft of "bodiless lacquerware, carved lacquer and red carving." He often says: "Lacquerware is one of the greatest inventions in China, China is the hometown of lacquerware. Fuzhou bodiless lacquerware is our treasure, together with Jingdezhen porcelain and Beijing cloisonne is called the Three Treasures of Traditional Chinese Crafts. Carved lacquer and red carving is our traditional craft. Lacquer flavor is our breath. Craftsmanship is our soul."