Wang Bin Cover news reporter Huang Xiaoqing
On February 12, Lei Wenbin, who lives in the Shengjiang community of Neijiang Economic Development District, sat at a painting table early in the morning to create eggshell paintings. On the small eggshell, Lei Wenbin carefully depicts the emblem of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics with a brush, such as "ice pier" and "snow melting", and his works are exquisite and cute and colorful.
"It's been three days since I painted, so I'll improve it today." Lei Wenbin told reporters, "The Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing, and as a Chinese is very proud! As the inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, I hope to show the style of the Athletes of the Winter Olympics and the charm of traditional culture through the brush. ”
On February 4, after the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, Lei Wenbin watched the game in front of the TV every day, and saw the five-star red flag rising again and again in the Winter Olympic Games, Lei Wenbin could not suppress his inner excitement and decided to create the "eggshell painting" of the Winter Olympics.
Lei Wenbin first collected relevant photos of the Beijing Winter Olympics on the Internet, and then selected a number of eggs and duck eggs, which were processed by extraction, cleaning, sterilization, drying and other processes, and then depicted on the eggshell. At present, Lei Wenbin has created a total of 8 "eggshell paintings" for the Winter Olympics.
The 54-year-old Lei Wenbin is the third generation of inheritors of Neijiang City's intangible cultural heritage "Lei's Eggshell Painting", since childhood with his grandfather and father to learn to create eggshell paintings, for decades, Lei Wenbin has not given up the creation and exploration of eggshell paintings, his works are rich in themes, with distinct characteristics of the times, many times to participate in the province and abroad folk handicraft exhibitions.