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Skillfully kneading the face mold, making an "ice pier" to cheer for the Olympic athletes

Peony Evening News all-media reporter Min Jing

On February 4, the opening ceremony of the 24th Winter Olympics was held at the Bird's Nest at the National Stadium of China. On the same day, Li Zhenbao of Muli Administrative Village, Malinggang Town, Heze High-tech Zone, gave full play to his own strengths and produced a face sculpture work "Ice Pier", hoping to celebrate the success of the Winter Olympics and cheer for China's Olympic athletes through the cultural form of face sculpture.

Skillfully kneading the face mold, making an "ice pier" to cheer for the Olympic athletes

Since childhood, he has loved face molding and brought it to school

On the morning of February 5, when li Zhenbao was contacted by a reporter from the Peony Evening News, he was working on a face sculpture creation at home. As the inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage project "Caozhou Noodles", Li Zhenbao's free time is all used to create face sculpture works.

Peony Evening News all-media reporter interview learned that Li Zhenbao was born in January 1985, his birthplace of High-tech Zone Malinggang Town Mu Li Administrative Village has a deep cultural heritage, the art of face sculpture is more famous, there are many face sculpture artists in the village. Influenced by the people around him, Li Zhenbao has loved the art of face sculpture since childhood.

Skillfully kneading the face mold, making an "ice pier" to cheer for the Olympic athletes

"When I was a child, every time my family steamed steamed steamed buns, I would take a piece of noodles and pinch it and play with it." Li Zhenbao told the Peony Evening News all-media reporter that as he grew older, his face shaping skills were getting higher and higher, and after graduating from university in 2007, he was invited to the village committee to engage in face plastic work for many years. In 2009, Li Zhenbao brought the art of face sculpture into the school classroom, and now, he is engaged in education work at the Mudan District Experimental Primary School, and he still unremittingly teaches the art of face sculpture to the students, and his art class enhances the students' hands-on ability in a relaxed atmosphere, leading everyone to appreciate the great charm of Chinese face sculpture art.

Skillfully kneading the face mold, making an "ice pier" to cheer for the Olympic athletes

It is understood that in recent years, in addition to the 12 zodiac signs, there are various mythological characters such as the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, the Water Margin character series, the Journey to the West series, and the anime series such as Ultraman. His works are colorful, vivid images, bold and innovative, vivid and vivid, widely praised by face sculpture enthusiasts at home and abroad, he was also admitted as a member of the Shandong Provincial People's Association, and served as the deputy secretary-general of the Heze Citizens' Association.

Face sculpture works celebrate the Olympic Games, and I hope that Chinese Olympic athletes will win more medals

In 2022, when the "Year of the Tiger" met the "Beijing Winter Olympics", Li Zhenbao's heart was also very excited, and before the Spring Festival, he created a group of face sculptures, including a tiger holding the word "Fu", a tiger on a sled, the Winter Olympic mascot "Ice Pier", and the Paralympic mascot "Snow Rongrong".

Skillfully kneading the face mold, making an "ice pier" to cheer for the Olympic athletes

At 20:00 on February 4, Beijing hosted the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, and in order to celebrate the Olympic Games, Li Zhenbao remade the "ice pier" and filmed the production process. "The ice pier is cute, friendly and cute, and is loved by everyone, I filmed the production process, if anyone likes face sculpture, you can refer to the production." Li Zhenbao told the Peony Evening News all-media reporter that under normal circumstances, it only takes 20 minutes for him to make an "ice pier", but the shooting production process requires switching lenses and shooting at various angles. On the morning of February 5, after the video was posted to the Internet, it was liked and forwarded by the general public, and he also felt very honored.

Li Zhenbao told the Peony Evening News all-media reporter that he celebrated the opening of the Winter Olympic Games through the face sculpture work "Ice Pier", hoping that China's Olympic athletes could get more medals, and hoped that in this way, Heze's face sculpture art would be promoted to the whole country and the world...

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