Cultural Connotations, Developmental Dilemmas and Sustainable Development of Traditional Handicrafts: A Case Study of Xiangxi Bamboo-weaving

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10.2991/aebmr.k.210909.032How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Traditional handicrafts, Xiangxi bamboo-weaving, Culture connotations, Developmental dilemmas, Sustainable development

Abstract

This paper aims to contribute to studies on traditional handicrafts by taking Xiangxi bamboo-weaving as a case study. The history of Xiangxi bamboo-weaving is time-honored and its cultural connotations could be demonstrated as animism and ethnic unity. However, with the pace of urbanization and demographic changes, Xiangxi bamboo-weaving is faced with various kinds of developmental dilemmas, which mainly include the extrusion of modernization, the ageing trend of artisans and the hinderances in realizing industrialized development. In order to realize sustainable development, this paper puts forward four possible approaches, that is to expand the market of bamboo-weaving products through proper market positioning, structure-readjusting and propaganda, to broaden the inheritance talent pool through organizing professional associations and holding regular exchange and discussion seminars, to promote bamboo-weaving production cooperatives, and to establish a living museum of Xiangxi bamboo-weaving culture. As a representative of traditional handicrafts in Hunan, the study of Xiangxi bamboo-weaving has important reference significance for the development of bamboo-weaving crafts in Fujian, Guangdong, Sichuan, Zhejiang and so forth. The study on traditional handicrafts deserves the joint attention and effort of contemporary academic researchers.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Shuangyan Guo
AU  - Jianghui Xu
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/09/11
TI  - Cultural Connotations, Developmental Dilemmas and Sustainable Development of Traditional Handicrafts: A Case Study of Xiangxi Bamboo-weaving
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Management, Economy and Law (ICMEL 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 218
EP  - 223
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.210909.032
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.210909.032
ID  - Guo2021
ER  -