"The bold, cheerful and humorous personality of Jilin people is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but after seeing the gourd painting, I really sighed that such a fine and exquisite product also came from Jilin, which also made me discover the delicacy behind the rough and give Jilin praise!" The reporter from Hubei said excitedly.
In the 2022 Beijing News Center "Colorful Shenzhou" theme exhibition area gourd painting booth, a "cute looking" gourd was placed on the spot, as long as you want, you can under the guidance of the teacher, through their own handmade, get a gourd painting of their own. Of course, if you are not confident enough, you can also let the teacher do the work for you according to your "ideas".
Zhao Wenxiu, the fifth generation inheritor of Dongliao gourd painting, told reporters that the biggest feature of gourd painting is painted with fire. Painting is to paint on the gourd with bright colors, so that the color and the shape and size of the gourd itself are unified, and then create different types of gourd paintings. As for the inspiration for the fire painting of the gourd, it comes from the iron shovels used to draw fire on the northeast fire. "The iron braze was burned red by the charcoal fire, looking like a 'paintbrush', 'a painting' on the gourd, and the grain didn't come out?" This is actually a gourd painting. Zhao Wenxiu introduced, "After the hot painting technique is produced, you can mix all kinds of oil paints evenly, apply colors according to the figure, apply them on the gourd surface, and then carry out 'hot scalding', put the oil paint 'hot' into the gourd skin meat, so that the color penetrates into it, and does not hurt the gourd meat, the painting pattern is clear and three-dimensional, which is an innovation for gourd painting." ”
After several generations of wisdom and painstaking efforts, Dongliao gourd painting has injected elements of people's living customs and local folk culture in different periods, forming an artistic expression with a strong regional style.
"This gourd painting production experience mainly revolves around cute images such as the Spring Festival Tiger Year zodiac, hoping that through the Dongliao gourd painting, the experiencers can feel the rich regional folk atmosphere of Jilin Province, the charm of intangible cultural heritage and the cultural connotation of auspiciousness." Zhao Wenxiu said.
Jilin Daily All Media Reporter: Wang Hao/Text/Video Clip Qian Wenbo/Photo