Reporter from Rong Media Center of Shanshan County: Abulahat Abulimiti
Reporter of Rong Media Center of Shanshan County: Sassoon
This year, Ji Yulan, the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Turpan, combined xinjiang characteristics and added elements such as Turpan grapes and flame mountains to the paper-cutting, and created a number of "tiger" series paper-cutting works that symbolize auspiciousness and happiness to welcome the arrival of the Year of the Tiger.
When I came to Ji Yulan's studio, a festive red color came into view. Ji Yulan held scissors in her right hand, held colored paper in her left hand, and danced lightly on her wrist, and after a few moments, the festive and auspicious Tsubasa Tiger, the brave and courageous Tiger, and the cute Tiger Baby jumped on the paper, and the vivid and different forms of "Tiger" added a festive atmosphere to the upcoming New Year of the Tiger. Ji Yulan said: "The tiger created this time combines the elements of Turpan grapes, local elements and tigers in the Year of the Tiger to create a series of tigers in the 'Xinjiang Tiger Welcoming the New Year' series. Using traditional paper-cut language symbols and combining regional characteristics, I think this kind of coloring effect is still OK. ”
In order to welcome the Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger, Ji Yulan combined the spring festival customs and integrated the local elements of Turpan to create a colorful paper-cut work with the theme of "Xinjiang Tiger Welcoming the New Year", which has been completed more than ten times, and will be exhibited after all of them are completed. Ji Yulan said: "This year of the tiger, my monochromatic paper-cutting is also made of Chinese red, and in the series of color-cut colors, I have also integrated turpan grapes and flame mountains into my paper-cutting elements, which also means that our Year of the Tiger is red and red." I wish you all great prosperity, more than enough in the Year of the Tiger, and great luck. ”
A series of beautiful and three-dimensional tiger paper-cutting created by Ji Yulan brought a visual feast of paper-cutting in the Year of the Tiger to the masses of all ethnic groups. Yu Xiuhong, a resident of Shanshan County, said: "The teacher's craftsmanship is very good, very skillful, and it is good to do this inheritance culture, if we have the opportunity, we have to learn from her." I plan to buy a few and put them in the house to add to the festive atmosphere of the Year of the Tiger. ”
Li Fuqing, a resident of Shanshan County, said: "In particular, this tiger's paper-cut is vivid, showing the cultural materials of Turpan, and there is a kind of mighty and joyful, peaceful, and New Year's flavor." ”
With exquisite paper-cutting skills, Ji Yulan's paper-cutting works have attracted many paper-cutting enthusiasts to come and learn. The young Ma Ruoyang is one of Ji Yulan's apprentices, who has been learning paper-cutting with Ji Yulan for several years, and especially likes to integrate what he sees, hears, feels and thinks in life into a series of paper-cutting works, and records a better life with paper-cutting. Ma Ruoyang said: "Teacher Ji taught me a lot of paper-cutting techniques and skills, especially in the expression of emotions and the traceability of inspiration, which gave me great inspiration. In the future, I will combine the traditional paper-cutting art with modern design to better understand and feel the charm of traditional Chinese culture. ”
Paper-cutting skills come from the folk and then go to the folk, which has always been Ji Yulan's wish. All along, Ji Yulan has been deeply influenced by the local culture of Turpan, and has immersed the local customs and customs into the paper-cutting. Her classic works "Grape Doll" series, "Xinjiang Guli" series, "Xinjiang Xiaobalang" series, etc. integrate elements such as grapes, drying rooms, and Loulan girls into paper-cutting works, forming a unique characteristic of paper-cutting art. Ji Yulan said: "Paper-cutting is a manifestation of the profundity of traditional Chinese culture, and it will continue to be carried on so that traditional Chinese culture will last for a long time." In the inheritance of paper-cutting skills is not only a cultural inheritance, but also a spiritual inheritance, but also the inheritance of our ideas as craftsmen. I will make good use of the scissors in my hand and continue to carry forward the art of paper cutting. ”