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Remember seeing the legendary face man on the street as a child?
Although it is difficult to see now
But there is a post-90s guy who insists on this craft
His name is Kang Pengfei and he is 28 years old
The small dough seems ordinary, but in the hands of the kneading craftsman Xiao Kang, it has long been all-encompassing - after kneading, shaping, kneading, kneading, lifting, scraping, carving, dotting, cutting, the dough has become a lifelike human figure, plant.
"When my son was 2 years old, because of the needs of life, I pinched the face sculptures of various legendary figures and sold them on the streets of Nanbai Town." Huang Luying, Xiaokang's mother, said with a smile that like many children, Xiaokang in his childhood especially liked to play with plasticine. The difference is that because his mother was engaged in painting and sculpting at that time, his face painting and painting were better than those of his peers since he was a child.
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Further education
It can be said that the mother's face shape accompanies the well-off to grow all the way, and at the same time, it also affects the development of the well-off's learning and career. Around the age of 11, Xiaokang won the "National Children's Art Cup Annual Art Exhibition" calligraphy and painting child star, "Huangshan Cup" the sixth international children's calligraphy and painting competition gold medal and so on.
Later, Xiao Kang entered an art school to study, and after graduating from secondary school, he came to Liaoning Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts to study "professional face plastic", under the tutelage of face sculpture master Liu Jicheng. At the same time, the raw materials (glutinous rice noodles or flour) made by the mother are improved, and paraffin wax, honey and other ingredients are added to carry out anti-mildew and moth anti-crack treatment to make it easier to preserve. "Look, this 'Heavenly Girl' work has been on display for 5 years!" Xiao Kang showed reporters a ceramic-like face sculpture, which is still as new as ever after several years.
Inner contradictions
In 2016, Xiaokang returned from his studies, but found that his favorite face sculpture since childhood had become a very small art. Children's toys and hobbies are more and more, more people will choose painting and calligraphy, and there are fewer and fewer folk artists engaged in face sculpture in Zunyi, and face sculpture is cold.
"My brother has a certain economic income from design, and my face sculpture is all hand kneading, which cannot be mass-produced and cannot increase economic income." Xiao Kang painfully proposed to his mother that he hoped to give up face painting and engage in other jobs. "There are fewer and fewer people who meet plastic now, and if you give up, there may be no one to pass on and spread this art." A word from the mother pulled xiaokang back.
Stick with it
Since 2017, "Bozhou Literature and Art", sponsored by the Bozhou District Literary Association, has successively published some of Xiaokang's "Farmhouse", "Heavenly Daughter", "Learning from Huang Dafa", "Journey to the West" and other facial sculpture works. This gave Xiaokang a lot of spiritual encouragement, and also allowed him to see the development prospects of face plastic.
Therefore, he regained his confidence again and showed the face plastic process to the public through vibrato. His own works have also expanded from characters to plant potted plants and buildings.
Gradually, he and his mother set up a face sculpture studio, and many customers came to the door to book face sculpture. "As the specialty projects tilt toward traditional culture, my mother and I have more confidence to push face sculptures to the campus." Xiao Kang said.
Passing on the art
On March 9, Xiao Kang and his mother were invited to the First Primary School in Bozhou District, Zunyi City, to give a public welfare lesson to the children. When the children saw the vivid and exquisite facial sculptures, they were amazed. For the original quota of 20 students, 60 children enrolled in the registration.
"It's a message for us to pass on the face sculpture, and it's really nice to see that the children love this traditional art." Xiao Kang told reporters that because there are too few folk artists engaged in face sculpture in Zunyi, and face sculpture art has a history of nearly a thousand years in the mainland. He hopes that more people will take over the "baton" of inheritance and are applying for "intangible cultural heritage" from relevant departments to pass on the art of face sculpture from generation to generation.
Zunyi Daily All-Media Reporter: Ding Youjuan
Video Producer: Ding Youjuan
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End Credits: Huang Bo
Editor: Li Xia
Editor-in-charge: Zhou Ning
Review: Yu Chunyu
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