Source: China News Network
China News Service Moscow, April 20 Title: Small Paper Cut, Big Charm - A Unique Chinese Day Activity
Author Tian Bing Zhang Yuchen
April 20 is the "valley rain" in the 24th solar term of the Chinese lunar calendar, and it is also the 13th United Nations Chinese Day. In Moscow, the capital of Russia, a unique Chinese Day event is held here.
The picture shows Irina Zakharova showing a paper-cut work with Chinese characters to the audience. China News Service reporter Tian Bing photographed
At the event site, Irina Zakharova, a russian meritorious art activist, brought her new book "The Magic of Chinese Paper Cutting" to meet with everyone. Irina Zakharova is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Child and Adolescent Aesthetic Education at the Pushkin Museum of Plastic Arts, Associate Doctor of Art Theory, and a collector and connoisseur of Chinese folk toys.
Irina Zakharova has worked and lived in Beijing for a long time and loves Chinese culture and art. She has published a number of books on Chinese culture, such as "Long Happiness", which tells the story of the Chinese zodiac, and "Beijing Magical Journey", which tells the fairy tale of the russian little girl Ma Luxia's magical oriental culture journey in Beijing. Her new work this time is "The Magic of Chinese Paper-cutting", a book dedicated to the traditional Chinese art of paper-cutting.
The picture shows Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui delivering a speech via video. China News Service reporter Tian Bing photographed
In his speech delivered by video, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui expressed his heartfelt congratulations to Ms. Zakharova on the publication of her new book. He said Chinese is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world and one of the six working languages of the United Nations. It is of great significance for China and Russia to study and disseminate each other's languages in order to promote the sustained, healthy and stable development of bilateral relations and to deepen the friendship between the two peoples.
He pointed out that Russia has become one of the countries with a high level of Chinese language teaching and popularization in the world. With the continuous development of the comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination between China and Russia in the new era, and the continuous improvement of China's status on the international stage, the Chinese language is widely popular in Russia and is included in the national unified examination. Under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, Sino-Russian relations have reached an unprecedented high level, and the development of Sino-Russian relations has broad prospects.
Talking about the original intention of the book, Irina Zakharova recalls that she came to China with her husband in 1981, where she was fascinated by the first contact with The Chinese art of paper-cutting. She said she would never forget the Chinese rural woman named Gao Fenglian, who used her hands and endless imagination to create countless paper-cut works with unique styles. Whether it is a huge scale or a corner flower, Gao Fenglian's paper-cutting can not afford to draw a draft, the line is neatly cut, and it is completed in one go, showing a strong ability to control the shape. And she was just an ordinary rural woman who had five children.
Irina Zakharova said that today is the Chinese day of the United Nations, chinese culture has a long history, and Chinese characters are even more profound. She showed the audience several paper-cut works with Chinese characters, and explained the cultural connotations and endless charm behind Chinese characters. The works have smooth lines, bold and exaggerated shapes, full layouts, vivid and interesting, attracting audiences to take pictures.
Mu Ping, president of the Russian Shangsi International Publishing and Media Group, said that paper-cutting as an image-making art, Chinese folk paper-cutting with imagery, with imagery, has a unique charm. As an expert in folk culture and folk art for a long time, Ms. Zakharova's new book interprets the rich content of Chinese paper-cutting art, showing the understanding of Chinese folk art in life, the pursuit of the beauty of life, and the sustenance of thoughts and emotions.
The picture shows the speech of The Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova. China News Service reporter Tian Bing photographed
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova believes that culture is the foundation and spiritual bloodline of a nation, and while culture is passed on from generation to generation, it also gives the nation more vigorous vitality. Only a nation that promotes and inherits friendship, love, mutual respect and solidarity as traditional virtues can endure, and this is the case with the Chinese nation. She said that Irina Zakharova has been committed to compiling books suitable for Russian children to read, using easy-to-understand language and emotional words to show readers the unique cultural connotations of China, and further enhancing the awareness and understanding of Chinese and Chinese culture by Russian readers. (End)