Lishui Traditional Flower Arrangement

Name and category

According to the public notice of January 2024, Lishui Traditional Flower Arrangement Craft is one of the new inscriptions in the recommended list for the fourth batch of district-level intangible cultural heritage items, in the traditional fine-art category. The title of this entry follows the batch list and reads Lishui Traditional Flower Arrangement, which differs slightly from the wording of the notice; both forms are recorded as they stand and are not merged.

Applicant

The applicant unit named in the notice is the Yongyang Subdistrict Office. Two fine-art items in this batch were submitted by Yongyang Subdistrict; the other is Cloisonné Enamel Craft.

Bearer

The same notice lists Zhu Yubi as a bearer in this batch, for Lishui Traditional Flower Arrangement.

Points in doubt

The notice uses two slightly different forms of the name: the project list adds a word for "craft" at the end, while the list of bearers does not.

项目名录作「溧水传统插花技艺」，传承人名单所涉项目作「溧水传统插花」。

Translated: the project list gives the name as Lishui Traditional Flower Arrangement Craft, while the list of bearers gives it as Lishui Traditional Flower Arrangement.

This entry records both forms as they stand and follows the wording of the project list.

To be added

• the flowers and vessels used;
• the techniques of cutting, fixing and shaping;
• the occasions on which arrangements are made, such as seasonal festivals, weddings and offerings;
• the line of transmission, the teaching premises and the safeguarding measures.