Nanning, January 16 news (reporter Luo Lan correspondent Li Xian) fiery red lanterns hung high, the Year of the Tiger couplet was pasted, and the fancy tiger paper cuts on the wall set off a strong "New Year's flavor". On January 15th, the Department of Science and Technology of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Bureau of Foreign Experts Affairs) invited nearly 20 foreign experts from France, Vietnam, Thailand and other countries to enter the Guangxi International Paper Art Center to feel the charm of intangible paper-cutting art and welcome the Spring Festival.
Paper-cutting non-hereditary inheritors teach paper-cutting skills (Photo by Li Xian, CCTV)
Paper-cutting is one of the most popular folk arts in China, with a long history and strong national characteristics. It not only carries people's good wishes for auspiciousness, but also contains rich cultural heritage and artistic interest.
"I cut a gourd on it, and the gourd in China means 'Fluke', which has a good meaning." Zhong Yunrui, the representative inheritor of paper-cutting of the intangible cultural heritage of Nanning, Guangxi, introduced in detail the cultural meaning contained in the paper-cutting elements when teaching the Chinese paper-cutting art to foreign experts, allowing the experts to further understand Chinese culture.
Ruolan, a French foreign teacher at Guangxi University for Nationalities from France, cut out a delicate tiger under the guidance of her teacher (Photo by Li Xian, YangGuang.com)
Experts are attracted by the unique paper-cutting shape, under the leadership of the paper-cutting inheritors, they also pick up colored paper and scissors, cut out their own unique Year of the Tiger shape, implying the new year of the Tiger auspicious, tiger tiger vitality. Ms. Pasu, a professor at Guangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Thailand, said: "This is my first Spring Festival in China, and it is also the first time to experience Chinese paper-cutting culture, which is a good opportunity to understand Chinese culture. ”
Foreign experts share paper-cut works (Photo by Li Xian, Issued by CCTV)
According to the relevant person in charge of the Foreign Experts Bureau of the Science and Technology Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 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 Guangxi's opening up to the outside world. Since 2017, the Guangxi Foreign Experts Affairs Bureau has organized the implementation of the "Peace of Mind Plan for Foreign Experts in Guangxi" to help them 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 consultation and service platform for foreign experts.