| On July 13,2022,Xilinguole city of Inner Mongolia held“Grassland 318 across the horizon grassland wulagai” activity.At the launching ceremony,the Wulagai Cultural Center organized the rolling felt artists to roll the new felt onto the stage,rolling felt once again appeared in everyone’s sight.According to historical records,the technique of rolling felt was introduced from the Mongolian nomadic tribes.During the late Song and Yuan dynasties,the Mongolian,Hui and Han ethnic groups lived together in the northwest.At that time,the Mongols people lived in the felt fort and used felt as bedding,some residents learned the skill of rolling felt from the Mongolians.Since then,rolling felt technology in this piece of land root germination,flowering everywhere.The job of felt maker also came into being.In the past,rolling felt makers were respected.However,with the changes of the times,the development of society,many people moved out of the cave,no longer attached to the Kang,felt also quietly out of people’s lives,rolling felting is also becoming less and less.With the aging of the older generation of felt rolling artists,felt this non-material culture is also facing the danger of disappearance.This in-depth report collects interview data through experiential interview and in-depth interviews on the lives of farmers and herdsmen,interviews four typical characters,and tells the story of them and rolling felt,reshaping rolling felt“Rise and fall” of the change and the inheritance of the difficulties encountered on the road.From the point of view of protecting intangible cultural heritage,we should add new elements of innovation and connotation of the times to the rolling felt,at the same time,arouse people’s attention to the inheritance of the non-heritage culture of ethnic minorities,and let more people join in its protection. |