In order to make the ancestral hall glow with new vitality and charm and give full play to the organizational ability of volunteers, from March 30 to May 18, 2024, the Dalong Street Social Work Service Station and the volunteers of the "Volunteer Service Team for the United States" carried out a total of five sessions of "'Volunteer Pilot, Paper Rhyme Tongyang' Children's Paper-cutting Teaching Regular Activities" in the South Shizhang Gong Ancestral Hall in Shigang East Village. By cultivating a community volunteer team, the activity improves the ability to organize and carry out volunteer activities, and uses the ancestral hall as a carrier to teach community children paper-cutting skills, so that community children can feel the charm of paper-cutting art in hands-on practice.
The social worker invited the children in the community to take a group photo
In the early stage of the activity, the social workers first gave a comprehensive and in-depth explanation to the members of the "Homeland for the United States" volunteer team on the historical origin and teaching skills of paper-cutting culture, and let the volunteers master the basic methods and skills of paper-cutting teaching through practical operations, and then discussed the follow-up activity process, personnel division and on-site layout through communication between volunteers.
Social workers and volunteer team members do preliminary skills training
The event was carried out in the Nanshi Zhang Gong Ancestral Hall for five phases, a total of 45 community children were invited to participate, and volunteers taught community children paper-cutting through many courses, from simple folding and cutting, to complex pattern design, splicing and combination, each step was patiently and meticulously explained and demonstrated. Under the guidance of volunteers, the children gradually mastered the basic skills of paper-cutting and created exquisite paper-cutting works. The atmosphere at the event was warm, and the children's faces were filled with joy and proud smiles. The volunteers also said that they will continue to pay attention to the revitalization of the ancestral hall, actively plan and organize more similar cultural activities, and contribute to the inheritance and promotion of traditional culture.
Volunteers explain the history and culture of paper-cutting to the residents
The development of this paper-cutting activity not only improves the volunteer service ability of community volunteers, but also uses the ancestral hall as a carrier to inject new vitality and cultural connotation into the ancestral hall, so that the ancestral hall radiates new vitality and charm.
Volunteers "hand in hand" to assist the children in completing their work