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“Is dragon your zodiac sign? And today we're at Huacao International Community Center and we can see that the holiday vibe in the air. Indeed, today some foreign friends who live here will experience traditional Chinese culture here and welcome the year of the dragon.
The craft of raw lacquer, involves using the sap from lacquer trees to create a natural coating that provides protection against decay and gives it waterproofing and decorative effects.
In ancient times, it was said that traveling a hundred li and making a thousand cuts may yield only about ten liang of lacquer, reflecting its rarity and challenge of its production.
Tea, lacquer and mulberry trees have been essential to Chinese progress.
As an example, the two-thousand-year-old coffins from Mawangdui coated in raw lacquer still look bright and fresh.
“So you can see the lacquerwares and they are so elegant. Do you know that they are made from linen that is the linen. They are made by Mr Yuan Rongfu and all of them are made by him.”
Yuan told the reporters, “Raw lacquer definitely has a life of its own. Even though this raw lacquer has reached this stage for several years, it continues to sink in and soak. I enjoy challenging myself. The higher the difficulty, the more I am motivated to pursue it. There is no one else in the world who can create a 1.58 meters diameter lacquerware like me. There is only one that measures 1.3 meters in diameter and it is made of wood. It is the largest recorded lacquerware so far. But mine is 1.58 meters diameter and made with linen. Now I have spent another three years creating a 2.08-meter diameter piece. Moreover, I made it hollow which adds even greater difficulty.
At the event, Master Yuan introduced the audiences to the relevant aspects of raw lacquer and also invited foreign residents to participate hands on applying dragon shaped gold foil to lacquerware.
A foreign resident said, “I have heard of lacquerware before but I have never seen the process which is made it's quite beautiful. I’m very happy that we have that here because it's very expert. I like this lacquerware and I was just reading a history about lacquerware here, so I would like to learn a little bit more. I’m a graphic designer. This is the first time I'm actually see something so close. This is the first time I'm learning this lacquer art and it's really beautiful. Especially it is the year of the dragon and we are very close to the Chinese New Year. It's so beautiful. Everyone, happy new year of dragon!”
“Last December the first CNS expats service station launched in Mianhang HuaCao. Since then, this international community has supported a lot of high-quality content. So, today, take this opportunity, we'll ask these foreign residents how they feel about the service of CNS.”
A foreign resident shared the experience with the reporters, “Spreading the culture of China to the world and especially to foreigners who don't understand so much because not understanding the language outside. But here we got an English service. The 'Laowais' are a little bit more included and learn about a lot of things from the Chinese so that I think it's very nice. I think it made a big impact to give the expert community here, a platform to mingle and to get to know each other. I have seen a lot of good videos on there. They are very cultural. Both in terms of Chinese culture and western culture and a great synthesis of them both. So, I would highly recommend this service. It gives a great deal of what is going on in the city.
Happy New Year of the Dragon!
“龙是你的生肖吗？朋友们，今天我们来到了华漕国际社区中心。我们可以看到这里的节日气氛已经很浓啦！没错！今天住在这里的外籍居民们将要来体验非遗文化，一起来喜迎新年！”
生漆，是利用漆树的树液制成的一种天然涂料，具有良好的防腐性、防水性和装饰性。古语有云，“百里千刀十两漆”，可见它的来之不易。
茶树、漆树与桑树这三种树，在中国文明进步中发挥着不可替代的作用。
长沙马王堆出土的两千多年前的棺木因为涂抹了生漆，至今都还鲜艳如初。
“我手里拿着的就是这种精致的漆器了。但是你们知道吗？它竟然是用亚麻纤维做的呢。看！这就是原材料。他们都是由袁容富大师制作的。这里的所有漆器都是他制作的。”
袁大师说道：“生漆，它绝对有生命的。尽管生漆到这个地步已经几年了，它还会凹下去，持续浸润。我喜欢挑战自己，难度越高的，只要我想得到的，我就去挑战。全世界没有人做到1米58直径的脱胎的。只有一台是1米3直径的，它是木胎的，是有记录以来做得最大的。但是我1米58直径的作品是布胎的，现在我又花了三年时间做了个2米08直径的作品，是一个空心的，难度就更大了。”
袁大师在现场向大家介绍了生漆的相关内容。同时也让外籍居民动手体验，给漆器贴上龙形金箔。
一位外籍居民告诉记者：“我以前就听说过漆器，但是我一直不知道它是怎么做的。这可真漂亮，今天来这里真是来对了。这太专业了！我很喜欢今天的漆器！我刚才在报纸上看漆器的历史，我现在对漆器很感兴趣，想知道更多。我是一名平面设计师，这是我第一次近距离地看到这些漆器。我第一次接触漆艺，这真的是太好看了。尤其是龙年就要到了，感觉新年距离我们越来越近了。这个很漂亮。祝所有的人，新年快乐！”
“去年十二月，CNS在全市挂牌的街镇一站式对外信息服务平台，落地闵行华漕。而这座国际社区也为大家介绍了许多的优质活动内容。趁着今天这个机会，我们也来问问这些外籍居民，他们对CNS的使用感受如何？”
一位外籍居民向记者分享感受：“它把中国的文化传向世界，这对我们来说特别有用。因为我们这些‘老外’刚来这儿懂得不多，我们在外面看不懂中文。但是你们会提供全英语服务，像我们这样的‘老外’也能更好地融入社区了。我们也能在这里学到很多东西。所以我觉得这真的很好，它给生活在这里的外国人带来了很大的变化。对我们来说一个综合的平台，还能认识更多人。在CNS上，我看到了很多视频，非常有艺术性。不只是中国文化，还有我们西方的文化，把它们很好地综合在了一起，所以我给予很高的评价。它让我们可以很清楚的知道在这座城市里都发生了哪些新鲜事。”
祝大家龙年快乐！
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Edited by Wu Wangtiancheng