Silverware forging intangible cultural heritage state-level inheritor

Hong Jike

Yunnan Provincial Master of Arts and Crafts, Member of Yunnan Arts and Crafts Association, and Specially Appointed Professor of Yunnan Arts and Crafts Research Institute

The Bai people of Heqing have been striking small hammers here for a thousand years.

Hong Jike, a Bai ethnic minority, was born in 1971. He learned the traditional craftsmanship of gold, silver, and copper handicrafts from his father. In 2005, he went to the Tibetan region to work on the production of Tibetan Buddhist supplies. By 1988, he was already able to independently complete the production of metal handicrafts, during which time he designed and created a gilded Buddha statue. In 2007, he returned to his hometown and began making handmade silver teapots and sterling silver tea sets.

He won the gold medal at the Dali Prefecture Handmade Silverware Creative Competition and has been invited to give lectures at several colleges. He is now a chief craftsman. With more than 30 years of hard work and dedication, he has produced many excellent works, which have been collected by numerous collectors. His creative style is diverse, profound in meaning, and unique ingenuity.

The Bai people of Heqing have been striking small hammers here for a thousand years.

Master Zhao Qingtao and teacher Hong Jike discussed the design of silverware shapes.