Gourd harmonic "Fluke", plus multi-seed, in the folk symbolizes the multi-son multi-blessing, in the past two years with the cultivation of hand-twisted small gourds, many folk artists will use gourds as raw materials for artistic creation, of which branding, painted gourds, because it is easy to preserve, high collection value, deeply loved by people.
A group of old teachers who love art in Deng Cun Primary School also joined the team of gourd creation, and their works are exquisite and deeply loved by colleagues, relatives and friends. This has also led to and improved the creative desire and creative level of teachers. Teachers' works are placed in the office and classroom, which also directly influences students and makes students have a strong willingness to try it.
In 2020, the school planted small gourds in a small area, deeply loved by the majority of teachers and students, therefore, this year the school spent money to build a scaffolding area, specifically to open up a labor base for planting small gourds, under the careful maintenance of the majority of teachers and students, the gourd ushered in the harvest moment, harvested more than a hundred large and small gourds, in order to better preserve the fruits of labor, the school decided to carry out the theme activity of "small gourds, inheriting big culture".
First, collect the gourd
The small gourd has been planted in spring and long in summer, and under the careful watering and management of teachers and students, the harvest has ushered in the moment of harvest in this golden autumn season, and the harvest is the most anticipated and happiest activity for children. Under the leadership of Principal Deng, teachers and students harvested more than 100 gourds, and the joy of the harvest was indescribable as they watched the children carefully take over the gourd babies.
Second, recognize the gourd
After the harvest of the gourd, each grade carried out exploration activities for different aspects of the gourd: I know the first-grade gourd doll, how much do I know about the second-grade gourd type, the poetry in the third-grade gourd, the legend and story of the fourth-grade gourd, the preservation method of the fifth-grade gourd, and the wonderful use of the sixth-grade gourd.
Third, scrape the gourd
After having a basic understanding of the gourd, the children's most anticipated hands-on practice came, the teacher led the children to use the life tool spoon to scrape the gourd, in order to better preserve and make gourd works, the children under the guidance of the teacher boldly tried, after a while they became skilled, one after another, small but not addictive, on two or three classmates to cooperate to scrape the big, sitting and scraping, standing scraping, it is really very happy.
Fourth, dry the gourd
After the gourd was scraped, the students neatly placed it on the shelves of the labor classroom to dry, adjusted the position of the gourd every day, constantly turned the sun, observed the changes in the gourd, during the period, screened out the dry and cracked gourds, leaving the gourd intact, leaving a gourd work.
5. Draw gourds
In the comprehensive practical activity class, the children expanded their imagination and boldly created gourd shapes, and according to the different shapes of the gourds, they used the paintbrush to put on colorful flower clothes for the small gourds, and transformed them into different gourd works, including lifelike gourd figures, exquisite and cute gourd animals, and blessing works that represented beautiful meanings. The small gourds have changed greatly in the hands of the children, and the children's faces have a bright smile.
As a representative symbol of Chinese auspicious culture, gourds have been loved and treasured by people for thousands of years. Hulu culture has also undergone thousands of years of historical accumulation, with its unique historical origins, profound cultural connotations and a wide mass base, constitutes an important part of traditional Chinese culture, and relies on people's inheritance from generation to generation, and still occupies an important position in modern culture. Painted gourd is a kind of gourd making process, which not only enables China's long-standing, beautiful and auspicious gourd culture to be carried forward, but also greatly enhances the social value of gourd culture as an intangible cultural heritage.
Painted gourds, inheriting intangible culture, the school tries to integrate "gourd resources" into teaching practice, in the future research and practice, teachers and students of the school will be more full of spiritual attitude, new physical and mental investment, in-depth excavation and discovery of "gourd topics", the series of research on "gourd culture" to a new height.