Source: China News Network
Shanxi folk artists skillfully cut paper to celebrate the Lantern Festival, hoping to inherit traditional skills
Zhongxin Network Changzhi February 14 Title: Shanxi folk artists skillfully cut paper he Lantern Hope to inherit traditional skills
Author Yang Jing Zhang Yue
A pile of red paper, a pair of scissors, through Li Xian'e's skillful hands, a cute little tiger appeared in front of everyone's eyes. On the 14th, in Yueyang Village, Changzi County, Changzhi County, Shanxi Province, folk paper-cutting artist Li Xian'e was creating paper-cutting, she said, hoping to use this ancient folk art to celebrate the New Year, the Lantern Festival, and celebrate the charming Winter Olympics.
Looking around Li Xian'e's home, the paper-cutting table is placed with new works of the Year of the Tiger such as "Wei zhen jiuzhou", "tiger roar" and "tiger year auspicious", and there are tiger paper-cut works on the walls and windows, each piece is exquisite, the lines are smooth, and the taste of the year in the home is very strong.
Li Xian'e, 48, is an authentic rural woman. "When I was a child, every New Year's Holiday, my mother would cut paper and paste window flowers." She told reporters that she did not receive special studies, learned to cut paper as a teenager, and then persevered with a passion, continuous exploration and support from her family.
Li Xian'e's paper-cut works. Photo by An Xin
"This year, in addition to some paper cuts on the theme of the Year of the Tiger, some works related to the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games were also cut." Li Xian'e wants to express her support for athletes in her own way.
On the wall of Li Xian'e's home hangs a paper-cut work of about 150 centimeters long and about 60 centimeters wide, "Hair Hatoyama", which is her longest-consuming work. "After I learned about this mythical story, I also went around the mountain a few times, conceived, painted, and finally slowly cut out this work."
Li Xian'e introduced that in the work "Fa Jiu Shan", the mythological characters Yan Di, Jing Wei, Jiu Yao San8 Cave, Typhoon Shelter, Fang Shan Gully and other landscapes have been carefully portrayed, showing the humanistic story and natural style of Fa Jiu Shan.
Folk paper-cutting artist Li Xian'e is creating paper-cutting. Photo by An Xin
Li Xian'e told reporters that her paper-cutting materials are all derived from life, the weather during the Spring Festival in 2020 is cold, and it is the time of epidemic prevention and control, seeing the party members and cadres in the village on duty every day, feeling that they are very hard, so they used their mobile phones to take work photos for them, cut out the work "Village Mouth Card Whistle", showing the scene of rural epidemic prevention and control.
At that time, after seeing Li Guangyu, a cadre of Shizhe Town in Changzi County, who could not go home due to epidemic prevention work in the WeChat circle of friends, he was deeply moved and used as a prototype to create a paper-cut "Mother, I Miss You". After seeing the medical staff of Changzi County on the news, he used them as a prototype to create "Changzi Medical Staff Support Wuhan". Li Xian'e said.
In addition, the image of medical experts, police and other epidemic prevention and control staff is also the material for her paper-cutting, "Now re-looking at her own works, I can still be moved by their efforts." ”
Honors received by Li Xian'e. Photo by An Xin
Li Xian'e's husband Cao Renshan is very supportive of his paper-cutting career, "My lover has been engaged in this craft for more than ten years, and her works are also loved by many people, I hope she can continue to persevere, so that more people can understand the art of paper-cutting and participate." ”
"I hope to pass on this skill and attract more young people to learn it." Li Xian'e said. (End)