In the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, a hot land of entrepreneurship and innovation, there is a group of persistent, dedicated, meticulous, and excellent workers, who have engraved time with a fighting attitude, and they are "Nanyue craftsmen". On January 7, 2022, the 2021 "Nanyue Craftsmen" release ceremony hosted by the Provincial Federation of Trade Unions, the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee, and the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, undertaken by Guangdong Radio and Television Station, and produced by Southern Satellite TV was held in Guangzhou, and 10 "Nanyue Craftsmen" were born. They are: Wang Zhiwen( Wang Qingming, Ning Pinghua, Feng Qingchuan, Liu Zhonghua, Du Guanghua, Li Tao, Zhou Chuangbin, Rao Baolian, Huang Yunfei) (in alphabetical order of surname strokes) Wang Zhiwen, Wang Qingming, Wang Qinghua, Wang Qingchuan, Wang Qingchuan, Wang Qingming, Wang Qingchuan, They are industry leaders with social influence from all walks of life, they work hard, keep innovation, painstakingly study technology, focus on solving and overcoming the technical skills problems of this profession, and make positive contributions to promoting the high-quality development of Guangdong in the forefront of the country.
2021 "Southern Cantonese Craftsman" Rao Baolian
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Rao Baolian is the curator of Foshan Rao Baolian Gold and Copper Chisel Paper-cutting Art Museum.
Copper chisel paper-cutting is one of the traditional folk arts of Guangdong Province, and belongs to the most distinctive variety of Foshan paper-cutting. In the past 26 years, Rao Baolian has adopted the craftsman spirit of "doing one thing in a lifetime", absorbing the strengths of all people, innovating the old, and on the basis of inheriting the ancient production method of copper chisel, creatively plating the surface of copper foil with real gold, creating a golden and brilliant effect. At the same time, it absorbs the painting process of thangka and adds rich and colorful colors to the copper chisel paper cut. In terms of expression techniques, it is even more innovative, using three-dimensional relief chisel engraving method to make copper chisel paper cutting become three-dimensional and vivid.
Gold and copper chisel paper-cutting is an outstanding creation of the development of paper-cutting art in China. With her own innovation, persistence and dissemination, Rao Baolian has pushed Guangdong paper-cutting to a new artistic height and historical stage.
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The 2021 "Nanyue Craftsman" release ceremony will be broadcast on Southern Satellite TV at 21:00 on January 22 (Saturday), so stay tuned!