At the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the paper-cut elements of Weixian County "went out of the circle".
In the linkage link of the ten cities, a huge paper-cut of Weixian county appeared in Zhangjiakou Dajingmen Square, showing the world the style of China's Winter Olympics; the costume of the entrance ceremony pacesetter adopted the paper-cut pattern of Weixian County, highlighting the festive and auspicious new year of the Chinese; when the Malanhua Choir sang the Olympic song "Ode to the Olympics" in Greek language, the children's "Tiger Head Baby" paper-cut image spread throughout the online world...
As the only pointillist paper-cutting in China with yin carving as the main and yang carving as the supplement, Weixian paper-cutting has great local characteristics and deep cultural heritage. Its composition is vivid and beautiful, the shape is simple and generous, the colors are bright and rich, and the structure is exquisite and transparent.
It has been inherited for hundreds of years, it is enough for Zhangjiakou, but also enough for China, as early as 2006 was selected as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage, in 2009 into the world intangible cultural heritage of humanity representative list, becoming one of the cultural business cards of this Winter Olympics.
Gao Youliang, a 56-year-old non-hereditary heir of the Weixian paper-cutting province and the first first-class arts and crafts master in Hebei Province, has a fate that the Olympics have to say. On the 15th, a special reporter from the Southern Daily walked into his studio in Wei County.
Gao Youliang showed the "Gu Ailing" paper-cut work in his hand that was not yet time to color, south + Zhu Xiaolong shooting
Promote the vitality of paper-cutting in Weixian County with development
In 1966, Gao Tongliang was born in Shan Wei Village, Wei County. From the age of 6, he began to learn paper cutting in Wei County with his mother.
It took about 10 years for Gao Toliang to learn the craft of this set of paper-cutting.
Locals call The paper-cutting in Weixian "window flower", and Gao Tongliang also began his paper-cutting career by carving "window flowers". "Paper-cutting is not just art, it's a commodity. Of course it's important to cut well, but it's more important that you can sell it. Gao Tongliang said.
In order to sell the "window flowers", Gao Youliang, who was more than 10 years old at the time, went door-to-door to sell one by one, which can be said to have traveled through the villages and villages of Wei County. This cycle went on and on, and he persisted for ten years. "Don't look at our Wei County is a small place, but the cultural heritage is particularly deep. They were able to tell the meaning behind each of the window flowers. Each window flower is a story, representing the people's yearning for a better life in the future. ”
"Sometimes, I learn a lot from these people who buy window flowers. I also really know what kind of paper-cutting people like. He said. If it is not easy to sell in the first year, the second year I will revise according to their opinions, and slowly find out the temper of the buyer. ”
Gao Yang, the son of Gao Youliang and the representative inheritor of Weixian paper-cutting, believes that the story that happened to his father also shows that Weixian paper-cutting has been continuously verified by the market, so as to maintain its development, so that this ancient folk art has maintained new vitality.
Since then, Gao Youliang has introduced Chinese ink painting and Chinese gongbi heavy color painting into Weixian paper-cutting, which has injected richer cultural connotations into Weixian paper-cutting and promoted the innovative development of Weixian paper-cutting technology.
"The purpose of inheriting traditional art is to develop, and at the same time it needs innovation," Gao Said, "China's cultural heritage is so deep, it needs to be continuously learned, and more cultural elements are integrated into paper-cutting." ”
Gao Yang believes that the regional color of paper-cutting may become more and more diluted in the future, and the height that Weixian paper-cutting can reach is actually China's paper-cutting.
Gao Tongliang laughed and laughed in the south + Zhu Xiaolong shot
In 2008, he was married to the Olympic Games
At the end of the 1980s, Gao Youliang was able to sell 200 yuan a day in Wei County, a small piece of money, a small piece of money, a large piece of "window flowers". At that time, he was in his 20s and was already a well-known local "10,000 yuan household".
But he chose to go out with the Weixian paper cut and carry his "window flower" to Beijing. This led to his indissoluble relationship with the two Olympic Games later. In the 1990s, Gao Tongliang's paper-cut work "Figure Eight" was used as a state gift from the Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to foreign guests.
"How fine can The Paper Cut in Wei County be?" It can reach the millimeter level. On 5 cm size paper, 50 whiskers can be made. If you take into account the engraving cutout of the paper, it is actually 100 sticks. This is also difficult to achieve with laser engraving, because it will burn the paper. Moreover, the real handicraft condenses the ingenuity of the craftsman, which is something that no machine can replace. Gao Tongliang said.
Gao Tongliang shows the paper-cutting technique of the South + Zhu Xiaolong shooting
In 2001, Gao Youliang created a huge paper-cut work "Ode to the Olympics" to celebrate Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games. On the map of China, the magnificent atmosphere of 56 ethnic groups in China around the capital Beijing singing and dancing eagerly awaiting the success of the Olympic bid, this paper-cut work called "Ode to the Olympic Games", which played an important role in the success of Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games, was permanently collected by the National Sports Museum, and also allowed Gao Tongliang to officially associate with the Olympic Games.
Gao Tongliang said that he made a set of paper-cut portraits for all the presidents of the Olympic Committee. Samaranch's painting now hangs in his son Samaranch's office
Later, when Beijing hosted the Olympic Games, Gao Youliang, 42, volunteered to volunteer. His job was mainly to demonstrate paper cutting in Wei County to the press corps. "At that time, it was not easy to become a volunteer, there were 3 places in total." He said. "I just want to contribute to the Olympic operations, no matter what way."
For the 2008 Olympic Games, Gao stayed in Beijing for more than three months. He has lived in Weixian for a long time, and this time in Beijing, he also experienced the earth-shaking changes brought by the Olympic Games to the capital Beijing. "When I left, I thought, the Olympics are really good, if only I could do it in Zhangjiakou." He recalled.
The whole process helps this "Winter Olympics at home"
When Gao Tongliang thought so, he certainly did not expect that Beijing would one day become a city of the Double Olympic Games, and his hometown zhangjiakou would really become an Olympic city.
This time at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Gao Youliang was deeply involved since the beginning of the bid. According to him, after all, this is "a matter of one's own family."
In 2013, he was invited by the Zhangjiakou Municipal Government to create 9 paper-cut works for the Winter Olympics to help bid for the Olympic Games. These 9 paper cuts are inserted in the pamphlet introducing Zhangjiakou information, page by page. On the one hand, the organizing committee can feel the enthusiasm of Zhangjiakou's bid for the Olympic Games, and it will also attract them to read these introductory materials more seriously from beginning to end. ”
Gao Tongliang's paper-cut works related to the Winter Olympics were photographed by Nanfang + Zhu Xiaolong
When Bach announced "Beijing", Gao Youliang was actually in the exhibition hall across the door as a member of the non-governmental delegation that helped bid for the Olympic Games.
Since then, Gao Has participated in the creation of many paper-cut works in Weixian with the theme of the Beijing Winter Olympics. In 2017, he was invited by the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee to produce a paper-cut version of the emblem of Weixian County before the release of the emblem of the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, and in 2019, he was invited to design and produce a commemorative paper-cut window flower for the opening of the Beijing-Zhang high-speed railway. In the three international test competitions held in zhangjiakou of the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games held from November to December 2021, the winning athletes will receive paper-cut works created by Gao Youliang.
Double Olympic Elements Southern + Zhu Xiaolong shot
Speaking of the paper-cut works of the test match, Gao Tongliang said that in order to make the paper cuts obtained by these participating athletes never fade, the dyes used can be said to be at any cost, "The happy events of their own family, what losses and gains?" If they see this paper cut in the future, they will think that they once participated in this competition in Zhangjiakou. This is the most important and the most precious. ”
This time, at the Winter Olympic Volunteer Home in Beijing's Shougang Park, Gao Tongliang also had a huge paper-cut work. On the day it arrived, 56-year-old Gao Tongliang did not let anyone help, and climbed up on a ladder to hang it. "I'm so proud to be able to do something for the country." He said.
In his studio, the latest work, which is too late to be colored, is the silhouette of Gu Ailing leaping on the jumping platform.
[Reporter] Zhu Xiaolong Peng Bo was sent from Zhangjiakou
【Author】 Zhu Xiaolong; Bloomberg
【Source】 Southern Press Media Group South + client