At the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics,
44 children from Fuping, Hebei Province,
Sing the Olympiad.
The story of "Tiger Head Tiger Brain Cute Love Choir"
Fire all over the web,
It has been praised by people at home and abroad.
On the evening of February 4, the "Ma Lan Flower Children's Choir" sang in Greek at the opening ceremony. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cao Can
Please enlarge the picture of the children's chorus,
You will find that
The costumes of the "Tiger Heads" are full of ingenuity:
Wearing a tiger hat,
Dressed in a tiger head pattern,
On the feet are tiger head shoes,
These are all traditional elements taken from Hebei.
Standing on the stage of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games,
Not only have cute children,
There are also traditional elements and folk culture of Hebei.
At the opening ceremony,
The "Door of China" carved by ice and snow slowly opens,
The guide wearing the blue and white "tiger head hat" took the lead in the scene,
Held high by the "Chinese knot" design series
Snowflake guide card,
An entry party about "snow" begins.
It is worth mentioning that
There are a total of 7 patterns of tiger head hats worn by the guide,
All are using the traditional tiger head pattern from Hebei folk,
It has been examined by folklore experts.
2022 is the "Year of the Tiger" of the Chinese lunar calendar,
Traditionally, people are used to the Year of the Tiger,
Give children tiger hats to pass on the blessings.
The entrance pacesetters on the sidelines danced continuously,
On the masks they wear,
Printed in Chinese and English bilingual with the word "Welcome",
Special greetings to all participants in the context of the global pandemic.
The costume of the entrance pacesetter adopts the Paper-cut pattern of Wei County,
Highlight the joy and auspiciousness of the Chinese New Year.
After the entrance ceremony, all the guides held aloft snowflake guide boards,
Interact with the light and shadow of the ground through dance,
Under the witness of the five rings,
The names of the delegations are written on the ground
Little snowflakes dotted and clustered,
Rising slowly in the center of the stage,
A large snowflake in an olive branch pattern.
Li Baishiyun:
"The snowflakes of Yanshan Mountain are as big as a mat, and the pieces blow down the Xuanyuan Platform"
This scene,
Present the historical and cultural Hebei in front of your eyes.
At the welcome ceremony of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games,
Actors from Zhangjiakou wielding overlord whips,
And the performance of hitting tree flowers,
Zhangjiakou's unique and warm folk art,
Before the people of the world.
"I've brought goods from the Winter Olympics again!"
From tiger hats, tiger shoes, paper cuts,
To the snowflakes, the torch around...
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Hebei elements in the opening ceremony in a high burning moment
Staged the romance that belongs to Hebei,
Every detail,
There is a story everywhere,
It has gained a large number of domestic and foreign fans.
Traditional folk culture of Hebei,
What kind of charm is there?
The paper-cut elements in the opening ceremony are like a glimpse of the opening ceremony,
This traditional folk art is surprising the world in a whole new way.
Originating from the Ming Dynasty, Weixian paper-cutting is the only one on the mainland
Dot color paper cut with yin carving as the main and yang carving as the supplement,
It has a history of more than 200 years.
In fact, Weixian paper-cutting is not "cutting" but "carving",
Knife workers have the rough and simple characteristics of northern folk paper-cutting,
There is also a delicate and beautiful style of southern paper-cutting.
Paper-cutting artists use thin rice paper as raw material,
Carved with a small and sharp carving knife,
Then dye it in bright and brilliant colors.
The content that Weixian paper-cut can portray is all-encompassing,
The content involves flowers, birds, fish and insects, myths and legends, drama faces, major festivals, etc
More than 6,000 varieties in eight categories.
Ulsan paper-cutting is a product of civil society,
It is also a portrayal of the lives of the people.
In 2006, Weixian paper-cutting was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
In October 2009, it was selected as a World Intangible Cultural Heritage.
In recent years, with the preparation of the Winter Olympics and the popularity of ice and snow sports,
Ice and snow paper-cut works based on the Winter Olympics
Become the new darling of the cultural market.
More and more paper-cutting artists in Wei County
While passing on the skills,
Start innovating your content,
Zhou Liwei, inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Zhangjiakou City
Is a typical representative of this,
And he was also at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics
The owner of the "Tiger Head Baby" image.
In Zhou Liwei's view, Weixian paper-cutting represents
The elements and culture of Zhangjiakou, where the Winter Olympics are held,
And this year's Winter Olympics is also the Year of the Tiger,
In the image of "paper cut + tiger"
What is shown is auspicious and satisfactory, but also cultural feelings.
Zhou Liwei's paper-cut work of tiger head hat
It is through the creation and precipitation of many generations of his ancestors and fathers,
The paper-cut image used this time was created in 2017.
Before submitting, Zhou Liwei cut paper again at the "Tiger Head Baby"
The style, pointillism, etc. have been fine-tuned,
"You don't have to see it with the naked eye, but I have to strive for perfection."
Tiger head baby appears in front of clothes as embroidery,
The designer adjusted the image in the paper cut,
"I'm most happy with the 'Tiger Head Baby'
It was preserved, which is the most essence.
Adjustments and changes are more in line
The overall atmosphere and environment of the opening ceremony, I am satisfied. ”
Zhou Liwei was born in Nanzhangzhuang, Wei County
A family of paper cuts,
The 7 brothers and sisters of the father generation are all paper-cutting masters.
In the summer of 2013, Zhou Liwei graduated from university
I began to devote myself to what I had heard from childhood
This intangible cultural heritage.
For the first time, Zhou Liweihuo was "out of the circle"
It was he who helped bid for the Winter Olympics
Paper-cut work "The Great American Winter Olympics".
The works adopt yin carving and yang carving techniques,
The Temple of Heaven prays for the New Year, Zhangjiakou Dajing Gate,
Ice and snow athletes, xiangyun, etc
A large number of related elements are integrated into it,
This work not only brought multiple awards to Zhou Liwei,
At the time of the successful bid for the Winter Olympics,
It was given to the International Olympic Committee as a "national gift".
At the closing ceremony of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics,
One of the "Beijing 8 Minutes" short film
Huge paper-cut artwork.
This stunning paper-cut work "Meet the Great Wall",
Also from Zhou Liwei's hand.
At the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, his work was once again
Conveying Chinese culture to the world,
Show the cultural charm of China's thick and unique charm.
"As a traditional craft,
The paper-cut in Weixian county carries the excellent Chinese culture.
I hope to be able to use Ulsan to cut paper
Tell the story of the Winter Olympics and the story of China,
Let more people understand the Winter Olympics and understand China. Zhou Liwei said
July 31, 2015,
As the only representative of China's paper-cutting industry,
The people of Wei County, Zhangjiakou City, are tall and bright
With 9 paper-cut works,
Invited to participate
Winter Olympic bid tour held in Malaysia,
Witnessed the bid of Beijing and Zhang to host the Winter Olympics
A historical moment of success.
That evening, when Mr. Bach announced
When the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are held in Beijing,
Gao Youliang, who was at the scene, waved the paper-cut works in his hand,
Tears welled up in excitement.
After returning to China, Gao Spent Three Months
Completed the stamp edition of the paper-cut work "The Covenant of the Century".
Modern Olympic sport
In contrast to the paper-cutting art of Weixian County, China,
Flashing Olympic civilization and Chinese civilization
The light of exchange and exchange,
It's addictive.
As one viewer put it:
"They're not prints, they're not paintings.
It's a unique folk paper-cut artwork,
These amazing little stamps,
He is a great diplomat of the Chinese nation. ”
Just like the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics
Director Zhang Yimou said,
"This is the new era, and we have to go to the world
Tell the story of China. ”
Cultural self-confidence comes from the return to traditional culture,
Not only about cultural traditions and the achievements of civilization,
Tell your own story.
Many "Hebei elements" at the Winter Olympics,
Everything is about this land
Yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Traditional culture and Olympic spirit are integrated,
It is the inheritance of folk culture and customs in Hebei,
It is also innovation and development.
The Winter Olympics will show Hebei to the world
Sparkling cultural soft power,
Let it have distinct regional characteristics and unique artistic characteristics
with the traditional technique of aesthetic value "ancient for modern use",
Constantly rejuvenated.
(Comprehensive report by Guo Hui and Gong Xingmin, reporters of the Great Wall Network and Jiyun, pictures and videos from Xinhua News Agency, Visual China, Beijing Daily, etc.)