Sanxiang Metropolis Daily all-media reporter Ye Zhu video/ figure He Jiajie
Every year during the Spring Festival, China has the custom of paper-cutting. On the occasion of the Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger, invited by the Sanxiang Metropolis Daily and Ben Video, Chen Hu, the inheritor of the folk paper-cutting of the provincial intangible cultural heritage representative project, cut out the "tiger" with a pair of skillful hands and different forms. "Tiger is a harmonic sound of happiness 'Fu' in Chinese folklore. We shear the tiger in the Year of the Tiger in order to ward off evil spirits, eliminate disasters, and pray for blessings. I hope that through the sanxiang city newspaper and ben video, I will send my New Year greetings for the Year of the Tiger to readers and friends. ”
Paper-cutting is an important part of China's excellent traditional culture, carrying people's wisdom crystallization and hard work, and is a true witness of history. Chen Hu, 46 years old this year, studied under teacher Qin Shijiao, who is known as one of the "Top Ten Divine Scissors in China", "I began to contact paper-cutting in 2014, and Teacher Qin Shijiao guided me a lot. Through paper cutting, I found a kind of spiritual sustenance that I had never had before. ”
A pair of scissors, a piece of red paper, in Chen Dove's skillful hand flipping, a lifelike "tiger" jumped on the paper. "Here is the rocking shear, here is the crescent pattern..." The paper was turned with the scissors, Chen Hu introduced, "The paper we use is very ordinary red paper, and the scissors are slightly more expensive." I've used $50 scissors and $300. Chen Yuying smiled and said that the 300 yuan scissors was obtained from a master who was a strong sharpener, "Usually I am reluctant to use it and put it away as a collection." ”
"Sometimes I borrow paper cuts from existing paper cuts, and sometimes I need to think and create my own." Behind Chen Dove, there are two framed "tiger" paper cuts. "You see, they have pomegranates and flowers on them. It took me more than half a month to conceive and cut these two tigers. ”