Ni-ni-gou Huaiyang, Henan Province: Reinvention of Traditional Folk Clay Art in the Context of Chinese Rural Revitalization

Abstract

This study is a qualitative research utilizing the concept of the traditional the invention of things. There are three research objectives here: 1) to study the characteristics, connotations and historical development of clay Ni-ni-gou in Huaiyang, Henan Province, 2) to study the invention of clay Ni-ni-gou under the dual dimensions of artwork and social process, and 3) to create a design for clay Ni-ni-gou that conforms to the invention laws of the clay Ni-ni-gou tradition. This study is based on the clay Ni-ni-gou of Huaiyang District, Henan Province. By analyzing the history of the development of Ni-ni-gou, we analyze the changes in the re-invention of the Ni-ni-gou tradition, and thus draw conclusions to create new designs that conform to the context of rural revitalization.

The results of the study found that the clay sculpture art of Huaiyang Ni-ni-gou is an important part of folk art, which has a history of thousands of years, and the record of its existence can be traced back to the period of prehistoric civilization. The Ni-ni-gou, with its unique cultural connotations and rich forms of artistic expression, demonstrates the spirituality embedded in the Ni-ni-gou, which has a very important research value. For Huaiyang Ni-ni-gou, the changes of Ni-ni-gou being invented are analyzed from the perspectives of artwork and social process. In the dimension of artwork, the Ni-ni-gou have produced new inventions in shape, color, and content, which highlights its artistic value even more. The development of society promotes the transformation of artwork, and the transformation of artwork promotes the social process, both of which are based on each other. Whether the traditional invented Ni-ni-gou is adapted to the development of the current society, what is feasible and what is not feasible is analyzed, and what aspects are in line with the invention of the law of the Ni-ni-gou are further derived, which lays the foundation for the new design of the Ni-ni-gou, and finally the Ni-ni-gou under the strategy of rural revitalization is designed. New Design.

In the process of rural revitalization, this study explores rural cultural and artistic resources, uses the concept of traditional the invention, preserves and disseminates rural traditional culture by means of new design, creates a new design for Ni-ni-gou that conforms to the law of invention, and to a certain extent promotes the sustainable and coordinated development of the countryside, in the hope that it can provide some reference for rural revitalization with similar factors.

-