Weifang, 22 October -- Topic: The "post-90s" generation has started a new cause of "turning waste into beauty" by making national tide headdresses from waste materials
Written by Wang Caiyi
Lotus step shaking, dotted emerald phoenix crown, gilt pearl phoenix crown, red gold fringe dass... Who would have thought that these seemingly tens of millions of national tide headdresses were made of waste plastic barrels, foam boards, garlic skins, corn husks and other materials, and the cost was less than 10 yuan (RMB, the same below).
Wang Ping, a "post-90s" guy from Shandong, displays his exquisite headdress made from waste materials. Photo by Wang Caiyi
The above-mentioned idea of "turning waste into beauty" came from Wang Ping, a "post-90s" guy in Weifang, Shandong. As a photographer, Wang Ping often needs to use antique headdresses and props when shooting, but the accessories on the market always fail to meet his needs. So he tried to make it from waste materials such as garlic peels and corn husks, but he did not expect to attract a lot of attention on the Internet, and the related videos accumulated more than one million likes.
"One day when I was cooking, I noticed that the texture of garlic skin and lotus flowers were a bit similar, so I wondered if I could make a lotus step shake out of garlic skin." Wang Ping told reporters that two years ago, a chance idea started his new business of "turning waste into beauty". He picked up scissors to cut the garlic skin into the shape of a lotus, made a color gradient with nail polish, sealed it with UV glue, and a delicate and realistic lotus step jumped in front of him.
Wang Ping, a "post-90s" guy from Shandong, displays his exquisite headdress made of garlic skin. Photo by Wang Caiyi
Since then, he has drawn inferences from one example, using the foam board for the express delivery and the plastic bucket containing laundry detergent to make the same headdress of the costume TV series "The Legend of Zhen Huan", and using the rural iron mesh chicken cage and corn husk to restore the phoenix crown in "The Legend of Ruyi"... More than 100 creative works have been born one after another, resonating with the public aesthetic again and again. "From design and production to finished product, a work can be completed in a few hours at the fastest and a week at the slowest in a week, and the production process is smooth and there are no difficulties." Wang Ping said.
In the eyes of others, the cumbersome and complicated work is difficult for Wang Ping, for him, the only difficult thing is to find a model. "At first, I found a lot of professional models, but I couldn't get the feeling I wanted, but then as soon as my grandmother put it on, the amazing feeling suddenly came out." In Wang Ping's view, grandma is the "post-60s", he is the "post-90s", the two generations use the national tide headdress as a medium to connect, which can better reflect the inheritance and integration of traditional culture, and collide with different sparks.
"I rarely wore such a headdress before, but after wearing it, it feels like traveling back in time." The video of Wang Ping's grandmother Chu Weizhen wearing a headgear has received a lot of attention, and young and old people alike like it. As a model, Chu Weizhen also continues to participate in the cause of "turning waste into beauty". "I hope that Wang Ping and I can create better works, apply the past to the present, innovate the old, and use environmental protection and innovation to make more people fall in love with traditional Chinese culture." Chu Weizhen introduced.
Wang Ping said frankly that adhering to the cause of "turning waste into beauty" is not only for himself, but also hopes to pass on the design concept of "environmental protection + national tide" to more people. "Nowadays, young people like to wear Hanfu to check in and take photos, but a beautiful headdress may cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars, and many people are reluctant to buy it. I want to tell them in this way that they can design it themselves, which is both environmentally friendly and commemorative. ”
Born in an artistic family, Wang Ping studied calligraphy, Chinese painting and Peking Opera under his father's eyes since he was a child, and has a strong complex and unique understanding of traditional culture, which is why he is so successful in his creation. "Young people who like Peking Opera don't draw a flower face to take pictures, but draw eyebrows or eye shadow to express their love for traditional culture." Wang Ping believes that the design of Guochao does not represent the copying of traditional culture, but combines traditional elements with the aesthetics of current young people to create new works of art. "Innovation is the soul of a designer, and it also represents the aesthetic development of contemporary Chinese youth. Young people must be bold and innovative and express their love for traditional culture in their own way. ”
Wang Ping, a "post-90s" guy in Shandong, made exquisite headdresses with garlic skin, and is now coloring garlic skin with "nail polish". Photo by Wang Caiyi
"In the future, I hope to set up a team to promote Chinese traditional culture to the world through 'turning waste into beauty'." Talking about future plans, Wang Ping hopes to integrate Chinese characters, cheongsam, murals, totem patterns, etc. into the national tide design, and include agricultural products and daily necessities into the art category, so that the works can enter the market, so as to produce greater economic and artistic benefits, and let the world see the creativity that belongs to China. (End)