The Study On Waterclour Woodblock Printing Of Rong Bao Zhai

Rong Bao Zhai, formerly known as the Song Zhu Zhai of the Qing Dynasty.In the20th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, Song Zhu Zhai set up a branch named Rong Bao Zhai which means making friends with art and regarding reputation as the most precious.Through years of exploration and innovation,the craft of watercolour woodblock printing of Rong Bao Zhai inherited the printing technique Gong hua dou ban created by Hu Zheng yan in Ming Dynasty. With the absorption of ancient and traditional experience, as a means of art reproduction, the craft of watercolour woodblock printing duplicate the works by sketch, engraving and printing. Watercolour woodblock printing of Rong Bao Zhai was an excellent representative of traditional handicrafts, contains the traditional aesthetic concept and the idea of process, made outstanding contributions to the development of traditional art and even in other countries, became a monumental art legend.This article reviewed the development of the craft of watercolour woodblock printing in the view of intangible cultural heritage, and summarized the process and the characteristics of this craft.Based on the theory of the Intangible Cultural Heritage,this article studied the value of article protection and discussed the significance of inheritance at the level of ontology,methodology and axiology.According to the principle of productive production and the law of inheritance, this article provided some effective methods about the inheritance and protection. By analyzing the craft of watercolour woodblock printing of Rong Bao Zhai, the research methods of traditional crafts type of intangible cultural heritage coule be extended also.