Wheat straw painting, an art derived from wheat, it turns waste into treasure, decay into magic, is a fusion of paper-cutting and painting skills, contains profound cultural connotation of intangible cultural heritage skills, both modern decoration and appreciation, its artistic charm not only comes from the precipitation of thousands of years of history and culture, but also reflects in the inheritance and innovation.
Bahrain wheat straw painting production skills have been passed down in the family for more than 100 years, Zhang Quanhong is the third generation inheritor, he said, making a good wheat straw painting is not an easy task, the maker needs to be able to withstand loneliness, dedication, a painting production needs to go through 12 processes of selection, bleaching, dyeing, planing, scraping, drafting, decomposition, gluing, cutting, branding, pasting, mounting, as little as three to five days, more than several months to complete.
In Zhang Quanhong's view, it is not enough to pass on the skills to his family, but to inherit and carry forward the skills of wheat straw painting, it is necessary to keep pace with the times and let more people learn to make wheat straw paintings. Therefore, he recruited apprentices and got interested and gifted people to participate. At the same time, it actively went into the campus, community, and Gacha Village, introduced the cutting and pasting and production methods to teachers, students, residents, and villagers, and carried out publicity and popularization, so that more people could understand and understand wheat straw painting.
Bahrain Right Banner has a long history, a long history of culture, and picturesque scenery, Zhang Quanhong through careful observation and careful polishing, Liaoqingzhou White Pagoda, Boke, horse racing and other contents into the wheat straw painting, made into a wheat straw painting with local characteristics, to achieve innovation and breakthrough.
Despite the passage of time, Zhang Quanhong's mentality is still young, he has been trying to get close to young people, hoping that more young people will learn wheat straw painting, and he firmly believes that when young elements meet ancient traditions, new sparks will burst out, so that excellent traditional culture can go further.
After thousands of years of wheat straw painting, the inheritors use golden wheat straw, dexterous carving knives and dancing soldering irons to treasure the world's birds and flowers, customs and life. With the protection of the inheritors and the support of fresh blood, wheat straw painting will no longer wander alone in the traditional melody, but will shine in the long river of history, passed down from generation to generation, and will continue to grow.