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Pinecone "painter" in the mountains: retain the deep affection of each "little rose" for nature

author:China News Network
Pinecone "painter" in the mountains: retain the deep affection of each "little rose" for nature

The picture shows Fu Lihong's "Forest Art Class". Photo courtesy of Fu Lihong

China News Network Xing'an Meng Arshan, December 1 Topic: Pinecone "painter" in the mountains: Retain the deep affection of each "little rose" for nature

China News Network reporter Zhang Wei

In December, Arshan City, located on the border of China and Mongolia and located in the hinterland of the Daxing'an Ridge in Inner Mongolia, reproduces the appearance of a fairytale town, with pointed roofs covered with soft snow, crystal clear fog in the forest, tree hanging accompanied by the gurgling water of the ice-free river...

Mountain pickers, who have been busy all autumn, took advantage of the "winter leisure" in these few days to successively send the beautiful pine cones selected to Fu Lihong's pine cone painting studio.

"Look, don't these pinecones look like little roses?" Fu Lihong fell in love with these "fresh" pinecones, she told reporters that autumn and winter are the best seasons for recycling pinecones.

Pinecone "painter" in the mountains: retain the deep affection of each "little rose" for nature

The picture shows Fu Lihong taking students into the forest to "take class". Photo courtesy of Fu Lihong

Fu Lihong, born in 1979, is the authentic "second generation of Lin", because of inheritance and love, she has never left the small town of Arshan.

Aershan, once an important timber-producing area in the Greater Khing'an Mountains, covers a total area of more than 7,400 square kilometers and has a permanent population of 30,000, 80% of whom are forestry workers and their families.

In 2012, the Arshan forest area "hung the axe and stopped sawing", the airport was opened to navigation, port customs clearance, relying on forests, hot springs, ice and snow and other rich natural resources, Aarshan transformed into tourism.

"My hometown is beautiful." In previous years, Fu Lihong also joined the tourism industry with a bang.

Since she was a child, she has followed her father through the forest, and Fu Lihong has an indescribable deep affection for nature, and she believes that this magic and beauty should be shared with more people.

Fu Lihong still remembers that when she was a child, her father worked in the field for many years, and he could only return home once in a few months. "So, I especially cherish the days when my father came home, and whenever he came back, I pestered him to tell me stories from the forest."

My father's story seems to contain a collection of fairy tales, and the forest is like a treasure, becoming the most haunting paradise for Fu Lihong and her sister.

Go to see the new greenery of the shoots in spring, the greenery of the forest in summer, the ripe fruit in autumn ... Looking back now, Fu Lihong's eyes are still full of innocence, "Pine nuts were the most delicious snack in my childhood, and my sister and I also used pine cones as 'weapons' and fought 'pine cones battles'." ”

Her mother is the most capable "qiao niang" in Fu Lihong's heart: "She can paint with branches and leaves she picked up in the forest." I can make pinecone paintings because of my mother. ”

Later, as long as Fu Lihong, who became a mother, had time, she would lead her son up the mountain to listen to pine tao, smell birdsong, pick wild fruits, learn about various plants, observe treepeckers catching insects, admire small squirrels eating pine nuts, and play pine cone battles with children.

"Our hometown has millions of acres of Xing'an larch and camphor pine, and for generations of forest rangers, every fruit and every pine needle of them holds our deep feelings." Fu Lihong said that her original intention in creating pine cones paintings was to use the fruits and leaves of pine trees as raw materials, retain memories and sustenance affection through artistic techniques, and also fill the gap of pine-themed cultural and creative products in forest areas.

Pinecone "painter" in the mountains: retain the deep affection of each "little rose" for nature

The picture shows Fu Lihong and her works. Photo courtesy of Fu Lihong

In 2020, Fu Lihong began collecting a large number of pine cones pecked by squirrels and woodpeckers when feeding, pine cones from the leaves, and the pine cones of Xing'an larch. ”

Because of her art skills, Fu Lihong got started quickly, through the transformation of graphics and patterns from simple to complex, selected suitable pinecones and leaves, and glued them to the bottom plate with an environmentally friendly glue stick, and a pinecone painting was completed.

The pinecone painting in Fu Lihong's mouth can be completed by "three times five divided by two", but in her studio, the reporter saw a dazzling variety of large and small boxes, containing pine cones, pine needles and leaves of different sizes and colors.

"No two leaves in the world are exactly the same, and neither are pine trees, so pinecones aren't exactly the same. In different seasons and years, the color of pinecones is also different, including light yellow, golden yellow, light brown, dark brown. Fu Lihong carefully introduced that pine cones hanging on the branches for more than 2 years will show a "gradient color" from gray to black.

"Pine trees grow for different years, and the straightness of the leaves will vary, but when combined according to certain rules, it looks like the rays of the sun, so I called this work "Sunflower"."

"The combination of movement and static is perfect nature, pine needles, pine cones, and leaves are pasted in different ways, and the image of the little owl is cute."

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Fu Lihong's works are all "unique". In the past two years, she has produced nearly 100 pinecone art paintings.

Pinecone "painter" in the mountains: retain the deep affection of each "little rose" for nature

The picture shows Fu Lihong's pine cone. Photo courtesy of Fu Lihong

Today, Fu Lihong has begun to study pine needle art painting, "Don't underestimate this thin needle leaf, the color change is particularly rich, and the different shades and colors will form a strong visual contrast." "After selecting, sorting, bundling, and storing, they are combined according to the trend of the mountain range, and a pine needle painting of the "Rich Greater Xing'an Ridge" is presented.

After development and production, Fu Lihong registered her art painting brand as "Meng Xiaosong". In addition to selling cultural and creative products such as pine cone paintings and pine needle paintings, she also opened the "Forest Art Class", which adopts the method of "tourism + research" to take students into the forest, learn about wild plants, appreciate the beauty of nature, and appreciate the gifts of nature.

"Through the classroom in the forest, I hope to sow the seeds of love for nature in the hearts of children." Fu Lihong said.

Fu Lihong told reporters that pine cone paintings need manpower from picking, selection, classification to production, and at present, she has brought more than 20 local people to join her studio, "Some of them are responsible for picking up the mountain, some are responsible for classification, some participate in creation, and some learn to make by themselves." ”

Fu Lihong said that it is expected that by next year, they will each increase their average annual income by more than 20,000 yuan. (End)

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