On January 15th, nearly 20 foreign experts from 7 countries including the United States, France, Indonesia and Thailand were invited to participate in the theme activity of "Foreign Experts from Chinese Culture Station Feeling the Art of Intangible Cultural Heritage" sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology of the Autonomous Region (Foreign Experts Bureau) and undertaken by Nanning America Translation Service Co., Ltd. On the occasion of the Spring Festival, foreign experts gathered together to feel the art of intangible cultural heritage paper-cutting and welcome the Spring Festival.
Non-hereditary heirs demonstrate paper-cutting skills to foreign experts
Paper-cutting is one of the most popular folk arts in China, with a long historical tradition and strong national characteristics. It not only carries people's good wishes for auspiciousness, but also contains rich cultural heritage and artistic interest.
Walking into the Guangxi International Paper Art Center, the fiery red lanterns hanging high, the firecracker hanging ornaments on the walls, the decorative small objects, the couplets pasted on the doors, and the display of paper-cut works with different shape styles and different meanings brought by non-hereditary inheritors, greeted by a strong New Year atmosphere.
At the event site, the organizer introduced the historical origin, legends and customs of the Spring Festival to foreign experts, and deepened the understanding and understanding of foreign experts about the Chinese New Year. A number of foreign experts from Thailand, South Korea and other countries shared their unforgettable experiences of celebrating the Spring Festival in China, and also shared the customs and habits of the Spring Festival in their own countries and the ways of holding related festivals, so that everyone could understand the different customs of many countries. Ms. Jin, a Korean professor who works in the Calligraphy Department of Guangxi Academy of Arts, wrote the word "Fu" in her own handwriting after sharing, expressing her good Wishes for the New Year to the guests present.
Foreign experts experience intangible cultural heritage paper-cutting
In the exhibition and experience of intangible cultural heritage paper-cutting skills, the event organizers invited Mr. Zhong, a representative inheritor of guangxi Nanning intangible cultural heritage paper-cutting, to show and teach Chinese paper-cutting art to foreign experts on the spot. Foreign experts expressed their amazement at Mr. Zhong's craftsmanship and participated in the paper-cutting experience. Under the guidance of non-hereditary inheritors, foreign experts cut out their own unique Shape of the Year of the Tiger, implying that the new year of the Tiger is auspicious and mighty.
Ms. Pasu, a Thai professor from Guangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said: "This is my first Spring Festival in China, and it is also the first time to experience Chinese paper-cutting culture, such activities are really meaningful, making my Spring Festival more warm and unforgettable."
According to the person in charge of the Foreign Experts Bureau of the Science and Technology Department, with the acceleration of the pace of Guangxi's opening up to the outside world, more and more foreigners have come to Guangxi to work, making positive contributions to Guangxi's economic and social development, and have become an important bridge and link to promote the pace of opening up in our region. As the management department of foreign experts working in Guangxi, guangxi foreign experts bureau management and service of foreign experts is one of its job responsibilities, and Guangxi foreign experts bureau has been striving to build Guangxi China's expert bureau into a "foreign expert home" for foreign experts to work and live in Guangxi. Since 2017, the Guangxi Safe And Technical Bureau has organized the implementation of the "Peace of Mind Plan for Foreign Experts in Guizhou" in the whole region, helping everyone to understand and integrate into Guangxi more directly by organizing foreign experts working in Guangxi to participate in cultural experience and policy publicity activities, and building a foreign expert consultation and service platform. (China Daily Guangxi Reporter Station)