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The Winter Olympics are imminent, and people use ice and snow as a medium to create colorful "ice and snow stories".
Ice and snow are not exclusive to young people, and the elderly are also fond of it, 61-year-old Zhu Xiaodong is a master of ice and snow art folk crafts in Harbin, he is keen to create ice prints, ice prints are carved on ice, colored with paint, and finally printed on paper. To inherit this skill, it is not only necessary to have a deep foundation in painting, but also to master the skill of carving.
Every piece of ice has a breath and a heartbeat, and the ice painter transmits emotions through a carving knife.
"The origins of ice prints originated from ice paintings, and as the ice melted, I considered how I could preserve the ice prints. In 2000, I started making ice prints. Ice painter Zhu Xiaodong said.
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"The production process of ice prints is to draw ink manuscripts on ice, carve them with woodcut knives and print them on rice paper. Because the ice surface is very brittle, so the production should be extra careful, in the carving of the outline line of the ice print, a little careless will affect the overall effect of the picture, the production of ice prints to have superb carving skills and painting skills. Zhu Xiaodong said.
The ice prints were created at low temperatures, so they had to be done outdoors, and for at least a morning, which was a severe test of patience and cold resistance.
The fusion and solidification of ice and fuel makes each ice print unique.
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What dreams does Zhu Xiaodong have in the future?
Ice painter Zhu Xiaodong: Ice prints are the "specialty" of Harbin, Harbin is the cradle of Chinese ice and snow art, Harbin has spent half a century carving out extraordinary Chinese ice and snow stories, I want to vigorously promote ice prints, the ice culture and art out.
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Source: Jiangsu News