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Plants for making wooden bowls and related traditional knowledge in the Gyirong Valley, Tibet, China

BACKGROUND: The wooden bowl is an important symbol of the Tibetan cultures, yet, in China, little has been documented regarding the raw materials used to make these items as well as their cultural significance in Tibet. This study explores the ethnobotanical uses of plants used to make wooden bowls...

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Autores principales: Ding, Xiao-Yong, Guo, Chang-An, Hu, Hua-Bin, Wang, Yu-Hua
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8907394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35272665
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13002-022-00514-y
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author Ding, Xiao-Yong
Guo, Chang-An
Hu, Hua-Bin
Wang, Yu-Hua
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description BACKGROUND: The wooden bowl is an important symbol of the Tibetan cultures, yet, in China, little has been documented regarding the raw materials used to make these items as well as their cultural significance in Tibet. This study explores the ethnobotanical uses of plants used to make wooden bowls to understand their sustainability, cultural significance, and current status of related traditional knowledge in Gyirong Town, which is one of the most famous places for wooden bowl making. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between 2019 and 2021, key informant interviews, semi-structured interviews, and participatory observations were used to conduct ethnobotanical field surveys in Gyirong Valley. The field work was performed with the assistance of local guides. In this study, we utilized a use-report (UR) to reflect the number of mentions of a species by locals. RESULTS: Our results show that 16 different plants are used during the wooden bowl making process, of which nine are used as raw materials, three for dyeing, and four for varnishing. Although communities rely heavily on these plants, good management and collection methods were observed. We also documented the use of Fallopia denticulata as a red dye and four species of Impatiens as wood varnishes for the first time. CONCLUSION: The wooden bowl craftsmen and their housewives have a wealth of traditional knowledge of using plants to make wooden bowls in Gyirong Town. And the wooden bowls are now also offering benefits to the locals as well. The government and local people are committed to the protection and development of traditional knowledge related to wooden bowls, and this knowledge maintains a healthy degree of vitality. This research can provide insights into the vitality of traditional handicrafts that are facing challenges and promote their protection.
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spelling pubmed-89073942022-03-10 Plants for making wooden bowls and related traditional knowledge in the Gyirong Valley, Tibet, China Ding, Xiao-Yong Guo, Chang-An Hu, Hua-Bin Wang, Yu-Hua J Ethnobiol Ethnomed Research BACKGROUND: The wooden bowl is an important symbol of the Tibetan cultures, yet, in China, little has been documented regarding the raw materials used to make these items as well as their cultural significance in Tibet. This study explores the ethnobotanical uses of plants used to make wooden bowls to understand their sustainability, cultural significance, and current status of related traditional knowledge in Gyirong Town, which is one of the most famous places for wooden bowl making. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between 2019 and 2021, key informant interviews, semi-structured interviews, and participatory observations were used to conduct ethnobotanical field surveys in Gyirong Valley. The field work was performed with the assistance of local guides. In this study, we utilized a use-report (UR) to reflect the number of mentions of a species by locals. RESULTS: Our results show that 16 different plants are used during the wooden bowl making process, of which nine are used as raw materials, three for dyeing, and four for varnishing. Although communities rely heavily on these plants, good management and collection methods were observed. We also documented the use of Fallopia denticulata as a red dye and four species of Impatiens as wood varnishes for the first time. CONCLUSION: The wooden bowl craftsmen and their housewives have a wealth of traditional knowledge of using plants to make wooden bowls in Gyirong Town. And the wooden bowls are now also offering benefits to the locals as well. The government and local people are committed to the protection and development of traditional knowledge related to wooden bowls, and this knowledge maintains a healthy degree of vitality. This research can provide insights into the vitality of traditional handicrafts that are facing challenges and promote their protection. BioMed Central 2022-03-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8907394/ /pubmed/35272665 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13002-022-00514-y Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Ding, Xiao-Yong
Guo, Chang-An
Hu, Hua-Bin
Wang, Yu-Hua
Plants for making wooden bowls and related traditional knowledge in the Gyirong Valley, Tibet, China
title Plants for making wooden bowls and related traditional knowledge in the Gyirong Valley, Tibet, China
title_full Plants for making wooden bowls and related traditional knowledge in the Gyirong Valley, Tibet, China
title_fullStr Plants for making wooden bowls and related traditional knowledge in the Gyirong Valley, Tibet, China
title_full_unstemmed Plants for making wooden bowls and related traditional knowledge in the Gyirong Valley, Tibet, China
title_short Plants for making wooden bowls and related traditional knowledge in the Gyirong Valley, Tibet, China
title_sort plants for making wooden bowls and related traditional knowledge in the gyirong valley, tibet, china
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8907394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35272665
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13002-022-00514-y
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