The Process of Ethnic Art Generation--Tompa Culture to be Resources with Tourism in Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K12361
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 80010:Area studies-related
• Research Institution: National Museum of Ethnology
• Principal Investigator: GAO QIAN 国立民族学博物館, 超域フィールド科学研究部, 外来研究員 (90836404)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 造形、アート越境、 / 木彫、文字意匠、 / 観光、無形文化遺産、 / 民藝、文化交流

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study is to shed light on how the traditional culture of the Naxi people of Lijiang, China, has been inherited into the contemporary art domain. While promoting an understanding of local movements through correspondence and literature, we also realised an understanding of Lijiang culture in Japan and a survey of the actual situation of cultural exchange.
Regarding the private exchanges between Japan and Lijiang that began after the Lijiang earthquake in 1994, the paper focuses on the context of ‘art crossing borders’ by revealing that the Naxi Tongpa hieroglyphs were often featured in calligraphy and design works. I also attempted to describe the actual situation of ‘Naxi woodcarving art’ in Lijiang, especially its diverse artistic forms.

Free Research Field

デザイン・工芸、視覚文化・デザイン史、文化遺産、物質文化

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

今日、観光・グローバル化の時代において文化遺産や伝統造形文化が各地域文化の影響を受け、再構築されることは一般化している。その一事例となる本研究は、現在と将来の文化共生、文化理解に貢献するものと考えている。また、本研究を通じて日中の民間の友好的な関係および芸術文化交流の動きを記録することができた点は価値のあるものである。さらに、造形理解、とりわけ日本へ「越境」した民間芸術について造形の美的な起源、および、その再創作について考える機会ともなった。