Hebei: Polishing the "Golden Signboard" of Ning Jingong's strokes

Recently, experts and scholars inside and outside the province conducted in-depth discussions on Ning Jingong's brush strokes to help rural revitalization.

Polishing the "Golden Signboard" of Ning Jingong's strokes

In the workshop of the Gongbi Painting Culture Compound in Chujiazhuang Village, Hequ Town, Ningjin County, painter Li Jiangmeng and his wife are guiding students to paint. Photo by Zhao Yijie, correspondent of Hebei Daily

Hebei Daily reporter Shi Xiaoduo

Yan Zhao Dongyang is warm, and the brush strokes are strong. Walking into the Ningjin County Tongtai Cultural Industrial Park, a series of paintings with strong colors or elegant rhymes come into view. The exhibitors were in an endless stream, all deeply immersed in the magnificent Yan Zhao painting rhyme. Not long ago, Ningjin County held a conference on the development of Gongbi Painting, and experts and scholars from the China Artists Association, the China Gongbi Painting Society, the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, the Provincial Federation of Literature and Literature, Hebei Normal University and other units made in-depth discussions on topics such as the high-quality development of Ningjin Gong's brush paintings, the extension of the industrial chain, the cultivation of talents, and the promotion of rural revitalization.

Develop a creative culture

Create a new landmark in the industrial brush painting industry

Walking into Chujiazhuang Village, Hequ Town, Ningjin County, 4 apprentices in Gao Wei's painting room are drawing various brush strokes. The exquisite brushwork of "Luohan Tu" and the beautiful and smooth Dunhuang murals have attracted many tourists to stop and visit. "I have loved to draw since I was a child, I have been painting for more than ten years, I have brought some apprentices, and the market efficiency is getting better and better." Gao Wei said that he and his apprentices mainly copied small and standing traditional figures flowers and birds, and some of them could sell for hundreds of yuan.

Xu Liqin Studio, Liu Zhenbo Studio, Zhao Yanfei Studio... In Chujiazhuang Village, there is not only Gao Wei's studio. Throughout Ningjin County, there are many villages like Chujiazhuang that create gongbi paintings. "Our county's gongbi painting has a rich heritage, rapid development, industrial agglomeration, a wide variety of paintings, talents, a broad market, the maximum number of employees is more than 4,000, the annual output value of more than 200 million, known as 'the hometown of Chinese gongbi painting'." Wang Tao, secretary of the Ningjin County CPC Committee, said that at present, Ningjin Gong Stroke is in a golden period of development that is about to come out, and Ningjin County actively responds to the requirements of provinces and cities to accelerate the construction of characteristic towns and develop cultural and creative industries, and has planned and implemented two major projects: the upgrading of the GongBi Painting industry and the construction of the characteristic town of Hequ Gong Stroke, forming an industrial chain of "base creation + school training + market sales".

The introduction of the "Opinions on Promoting the Development of the Gongbi Painting Industry", the publication and distribution of the school-based textbook "Ningjin Gong Brush Painting", and the holding of the "Ningjin Gong Brush Painting Tour Exhibition" throughout the country have not only promoted the strengthening and expansion of the Gong Pen Painting in Ningjin County, but also achieved the improvement of the artistic level of The Gong Pen Painting. "Our Gongbi Painting has embarked on a different path from that of graduates of art colleges, and has realized the transformation from copying to transformation to creation." Li Fengjie, chairman of the Ningjin County CPPCC Committee, introduced that at present, 9 Gongbi painters in the county have joined the China Artists Association, and nearly 100 Gongbi paintings have participated in the national painting exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism or the China Artists Association, and Gongbi painting has become a "cultural wonder" in Ningjin.

"Use the industrial concept to promote the socialization and efficiency of cultural resources, and continue to polish the golden signboard of Ning Jingong's strokes." Qi Haifeng, vice chairman of the Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles and chairman of the Provincial Artists Association, fully affirmed Ning Jingong's brush strokes, saying that it is necessary to improve the quality of gong brush strokes as the lifeline of the works. The content selection should be strict, the artistic creation should be refined, and the spiritual energy, cultural connotation and artistic value of the works should be continuously improved. At the same time, focusing on the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, the planning and construction of Xiong'an New Area, and the preparation of the Beijing Winter Olympics, we will devote ourselves to creation and excellence, strive to create more excellent works, and launch more outstanding talents.

Build a solid foundation of talent

Depict the new atmosphere of the development of gong strokes

Silk, ink, stone, sheep pen, paint, palette... In the Gongbi Art Garden of The Gongbi Painting Art School in Ningjin County, you can see the unique charm of traditional Chinese painting everywhere. "Planting black" is one of the peonies often depicted by ancient and modern brush painters, from the shape of petals, to the outline of leaves and branches, from the background flat painting to the unified dyeing of the flower head, when it comes to the steps of depicting peonies, Zhang Xuyan, a first-year student of the school, is very familiar with it. "Under the careful guidance of the teacher, my painting level has improved a lot, and I have begun to like the brush strokes of the painter."

Talent resources are the first resource. As the only state-run art school in The country that trains gongbi painting talents for free, Ningjin County Gongbi Painting Art School has cultivated a large number of gongbi painting creative talents who have reached the intermediate professional level. "Our school has created the Gongbi Painting Development Research Center, the Gongbi Painting Famous Painting Copying Room, and added the Wuxi Hand-painted Art Wallpaper Training Base, the Yangdi Cultural Training Base and the 3 Gongbi Painting Training Rooms, forming a professional Gongbi Painting Culture Exhibition Area." Wang Shaohui, president of the school, introduced that in order to ensure the combination of engineering and learning, the school has also built a talent training model of "professional + project + studio", through relevant professional skills training, decomposition and refining of teaching training projects, and entering the school painting studio to practice painting, etc., to achieve the effective docking of talent training and employment needs.

The cultivation of talents by the Ningjin County Gongbi Painting Art School is only a microcosm of the importance that Ningjin County attaches to the talents of Gongbi Painting. Holding high-level invitation exhibitions, training, sketching activities, inviting well-known experts to teach in person, and holding the Ningjin County Gongbi Painting Development Conference... "At present, the team of Gongbi Painting creation in our county is growing, and the artistic level has won unanimous recognition from all walks of life. Wang Tao said that Ningjin County will further implement a more active, open and effective talent policy, so that talent resources can empower and improve the quality of promoting the high-quality development of gongbi painting.

Polishing the "golden signboard" of Ning Jingong's brush paintings, it needs professional talents to lead, but also needs high-end platform promotion and cooperation, "China Gongbi Painting Famous County", "China Gongbi Painting Society Ningjin Sketching Creation Training Base", etc. At the Gongbi Painting Development Conference, Ningjin County signed a series of cooperation agreements with the China Gongbi Painting Society and the China Artists Association, which is to let Ningjingong Brush Painting embark on the road of brand development. "First of all, we must find our own advantages and characteristics, and then through the establishment of some 'national character' training bases, hold a series of national exhibitions and high-end academic conferences, and gradually promote the brand of Ning Jingong's brush strokes to the whole country." Chen Mengxin, president of the China Gongbi Painting Society, said.

Integration into the economy and society

Show the new vitality of the era of gongbi painting

As a cultural and creative industry, Ningjin County's gongbi painting has not only produced direct economic benefits, but also played an important role in helping rural revitalization, promoting social harmony, and enhancing the artistic accomplishment of the masses. "Flood is merciless, Danqing has love", "Tribute to angels to help fight the epidemic", "Passing on the art of inspiration, helping the disabled" and other themes, the painters use the brush to record the times, dedicate love to the society, showing their due responsibility and responsibility.

"Ning Jingong Stroke has a good foundation for development, and has obvious advantages in terms of inheritance ability and industrialization development, and it will be promising as a starting point for building a cultural brand, developing the local economy, and helping rural revitalization." Zhang Xuefang, director of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Department of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, introduced that since Ningjin Gong Stroke was listed as a pilot project for rural revitalization in September 2021, a total of 5 workshops have trained nearly 700 people to drive the work stroke personnel through online and offline methods, relying on the e-commerce platform to open 2 online stores, the number of orders has reached more than 3,000, and the average monthly income of employees has reached about 3,500 yuan.

Liang Songlin, a disabled young man who graduated from the Gongbi Painting Art School in Ningjin County, founded the "Tingtao Painting Studio", and he not only embarked on the road to prosperity through Gongbi Painting, but also led several apprentices to paint and get rich, and each apprentice earned more than 3,000 yuan per month. Wang Shaohui said that in order to help more disabled young people like Liang Songlin, Ningjin County Gongbi Painting Art School cooperated with the Provincial Disabled Persons' Federation to establish a provincial vocational skills training demonstration base for the disabled, improved the training system for the disabled, improved the living security measures for the disabled, and provided an effective way for the disabled to start a business and get rich.

To the cultural plastic brigade, to the brigade to show the text. Integrating the development of Ningjingong brush painting with tourism, industrial design, agriculture, etc. can not only well publicize the brand and fame of Ningjingong brush painting, but also promote local tourism and rural revitalization. According to the relevant person in charge of the Xingtai Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, the traditional Chinese culture and art represented by Gongbi Painting and the aesthetic concept of modern people are integrated together, and the creative aesthetics and product practicality are perfectly combined, and the products are not only welcomed by the market, but also the skills and spiritual connotations of Gongbi Painting are well known by consumers with the hot sales of products.

With the continuous improvement of the country's comprehensive strength, as an excellent carrier of Chinese culture, Gong Pen Painting also provides content for Chinese traditional culture to go abroad and go to the world. "Gongbi painting has a distinct national character, and in its shape, color, language, and context, it has international commonality like oil painting, and is easy to be widely recognized and accepted by all ethnic groups in the world." Chen Mengxin said.