Why can "Coincidentally Met You" be talked about with great interest?, Innovative Stories of 16 Intangible Cultural Heritage Sites, including Shanghai style cheongsam and floral inlay | protagonist | story
Cao Meijie, the master of Kesi, said, "Every inch of Kesi is worth an inch of gold, which is labor-intensive, labor-intensive, and time-consuming. Some things are not easy, but someone always needs to do them."; The Jade Carving Master said, "We are artists, not masters."; The pastry master said, "A sesame seed and a wrinkle are often the essence and spirit of a work."
The intangible cultural heritage urban drama "Coincidentally Meets You" concluded on June 3rd. In the 35 episode multi unit story, the audience can not only see the character's transformation in the workplace, but also learn about 16 intangible cultural heritage stories, including flower silk inlay, tapestry, Shanghai style qipao, jade carving, ceramics, etc. On the 11th, the drama seminar was held in Beijing.
"Coincidentally Meeting You" is set in Suzhou, with the Suzhou Museum as the filming location. It tells the story of a cultural television program launched by a variety show team led by artistic director Yu Zai Zao and young cultural relic expert Tao Tang to showcase the beauty of Chinese civilization.
Yang Le, the general manager of Huanyu Film and Television, the producer of the drama, stated that "Encounter You" uses the narrative framework of "play in play" to narrate intangible cultural heritage skills and ancient cultural relics, achieving an organic integration of drama, variety shows, and documentaries. This drama showcases the main role of "people" in historical inheritance, connects the story of the unit drama, and introduces the theme, allowing the audience to marvel at the vast and profound traditional Chinese culture while paying attention to the role of small individuals in the long river of history and cultural inheritance. At the end of the unit drama, more than ten national level inheritors of intangible cultural heritage skills, senior technicians, masters of arts and crafts, university scholars and other experts appeared on screen to provide commentary. While ensuring the rigor and professionalism of the work, the film and television drama was elevated as a whole through authentic interviews with "guardian" artists.
She said, "Intangible cultural heritage and cultural relics should not only 'live' in museums, but also aim to integrate cultural inheritance into artistic innovation through film and television dramas. While satisfying the audience's curiosity, it also lowers their cognitive threshold for China's excellent traditional culture, allowing more young people to feel the potential connection between individuals and history, and providing them with aesthetic experiences and cultural identity."
Jiang Junnan, the production director of "Encounter You", revealed that the drama was filmed on-site at the Suzhou Museum. In order to protect cultural relics, most of the cultural relics in the drama were replicated 1:1 based on the prototype. The most difficult one is the silk inlay technique, which represents the highest level of royal craftsmanship. When making the props for the Jinou Yonggu Cup, it took two months just to provide the audience with a better immersive viewing experience.
Wang Yichuan, Vice Chairman of the China Association of Literary Critics, stated that the most significant innovation of the drama lies in the dual protagonist setting. The first protagonist is a production team centered around Fish in Zao and Tao Tang, who narrate the behind the scenes story of how they produced the intangible cultural heritage inheritance program "Inheritance"; The second protagonist is the intangible cultural heritage craftsmanship and its contemporary inheritance status itself. The existence and activities of the first protagonist serve the second protagonist, and the second protagonist is the true protagonist. By setting up a dual protagonist, we not only introduced intangible cultural heritage craftsmanship, but also explored the story behind the production process of the program.
Professor Lu Rong from the School of Drama and Film at Communication University of China stated that the drama has innovatively promoted the excellent intangible cultural heritage of China and is the first film and television work that fully focuses on intangible cultural heritage. Its innovative form is the bold integration of dramas, variety shows, and documentaries across genres and themes.
Professor Hu Zhifeng from the School of Art and Media at Beijing Normal University commented that the drama allows the audience to feel the stories behind intangible cultural heritage, vividly expressing ancient intangible cultural heritage, fully activating it with the temperament, characteristics, and temperature of the new era, and injecting new life into intangible cultural heritage with enthusiasm and meticulousness.
Professor Xu Hailong from the School of Literature at Capital Normal University believes that the drama responds to how to tell Chinese stories well and inherit excellent classics on a larger scale. It not only needs to trace the origin, but also needs to innovate. This drama has found a connection between traditional culture and modern life, allowing traditional cultural resources to be disseminated in new audiovisual forms, especially in overseas dissemination and becoming popular.
