The cute New Year painting doll wears a variety of tiger head hats, stepping on ice knives and skis to fly on the ice and snow, and the new year flavor is full and lifelike, which is amazing.
In the Weixian Cultural Exhibition and Performance Activities held at the Xingyuan Metropark International Hotel in Zhangjiakou, paper-cut artworks that integrate the elements of the Winter Olympics and traditional folk culture, such as "Tiger Baby Winter Olympics", "Zodiac Winter Olympics", and "Ice and Snow Olympics", attracted the attention of reporters.
Each work on the scene shows an Olympic project, through exquisite portrayal and the use of color, not only the passionate scene of the Olympic arena and the spiritual outlook of the athletes are vividly expressed, but also the charm of traditional Chinese culture. It is understood that many of these works were also displayed as Zhangjiakou's city business card when bidding for the Winter Olympics.
Weixian is one of the birthplaces of human beings in the East 2 million years ago, and Weixian paper-cutting also has a great origin. Its production process is unique among many paper-cutting in the country, this kind of paper-cutting is not "cutting", but "carving", it is made of thin rice paper as raw material, carved with a small and sharp carving knife, and then dyed with bright and brilliant colors. According to relevant information, Weixian paper-cut grass was created in the Qing Dynasty from Daoguang to Guangxu, and has a history of nearly 200 years. Weixian paper-cutting is also a world intangible cultural heritage, and it has become a cultural business card representing china's three major cities (folk customs) alongside Su embroidery and jun porcelain.
"Weixian paper-cutting carries excellent traditional culture, and hopes to use paper-cutting culture to tell the story of the Winter Olympics and let the world understand the Winter Olympics and understand China." Jiao Xinde, a representative of the paper-cutting category of the provincial intangible cultural heritage of Hebei Province, said.
Planner: Liang Liang
Reporter: Huo Xiaoqing
Photography/Video: Golden Springs
Editor: Yang Wenjuan
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