Traditional arts are integrated into the Beijing Winter Olympics
The Year of the Tiger element collides with ice and snow sports
Recently, 67-year-old Suzhou "paper-cutting master" Hong Honggen
With creative thinking and exquisite skills
Created a fusion of elements of the 2022 New Year and the Beijing Winter Olympics
Paper-cut work - "The Year of the Tiger for the Winter Olympics"
Behind this paper-cut work
It contains the enthusiasm and expectations of Suzhou people for the Winter Olympic Games
Cute little tiger + Winter Olympic elements
"Paper-cutting masters" have ingenuity
Today, watching suzhou reporters came to Caixiang Village in Gusu District. In a small "studio", we met the author of the paper-cut work "The Year of the Tiger for the Winter Olympics", Hong Honggen. In addition to being a retired volunteer of the Joint Workstation of Caixiang Village in Jinchang Street, Hong Honggen is also a "paper-cutting master".
"In the Year of the Tiger, I want to cut a baby tiger, festive!" Hong Honggen introduced this paper-cut work of "The Year of the Tiger to welcome the Winter Olympics" to reporters. The lively baby tiger transforms into a skier, with the logo of the Beijing Winter Olympics and snowflakes and line elements, highlighting the sense of speed of ice and snow sports. The festivities of the New Year and the sportiness of skiing jump out on the paper.
Just designing and conceiving this work, Hong Honggen said it took three days. He told reporters that the biggest problem in creating this work is how to integrate the elements of the Year of the Tiger, the Winter Olympics, and ice and snow sports. Hong Honggen constantly revised the picture while conceiving the picture. "It is necessary to show the dynamics of sports, but also to make people feel this joyful and joyful mood." I had been thinking about it at that time, and I came up with the idea of designing a cute little tiger, and then choosing skiing, which is a familiar ice and snow sport, and the two were combined. In order to show the joyful mood on the little tiger's face, I also repeatedly designed it several times to achieve a more satisfactory effect. ”
After determining the main characters of the picture, Hong Honggen added the logo and snowflakes of the Beijing Winter Olympics to the picture, enriching the details and sublimating the theme. "After the design concept was decided, the tailoring was a small problem for me, an 'old craftsman', and it was completed quickly." Hong Honggen said.
This paper-cut work has also been well received by nearby residents and social workers. Cao Wenqing, social worker of the joint workstation of Caixiang Village, Jinchang Street, said: "The beautiful paper-cutting integrates the two elements of the Year of the Tiger zodiac and the Beijing Winter Olympics, which makes people shine and has a very good meaning. ”
Adhere to traditional artistic creation
"Paper-cutting masters" have feelings
In Hong Honggen's studio, the reporter saw many paper-cut and sculpture works, including the relief work "White Head Sea Eagle", the paper-cut work "Baifu Tu", and the gourd carving work "Autumn Rhyme". At the same time, Hong Honggen also designed many leaf carving works with the theme of Suzhou gardens. The square inches of the paper-cut show HongHonggen's exquisite skills and strong humanistic feelings.
Talking about why he designed such a "special" paper-cut work, Hong Honggen said: "Soon the New Year is coming, and the Beijing Winter Olympics is coming soon. As an art form that is popular with the people, paper-cutting has a long history, and I want to contribute my own strength to combine the traditional art of paper-cutting with the Beijing Winter Olympics. ”
"I love the art of paper-cutting! Loved it since I was a kid! Now retired, I have more time to work on such creations. Talking about the reasons for continuing to create paper-cut works, Hong Honggen told suzhou reporters that he also hopes to create more high-quality works in the future.
It is reported that the 67-year-old Hong Honggen, a member of the Suzhou Sculpture Association and the Gusu District Folk Writers Association, has been engaged in professional paper-cutting sculpture work for nearly 10 years, creating hundreds of paper-cut and carving works.
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Editor: Li Junfeng (New Media Operator, Senior Photographer)