Children learn origami from a master

With the intervention of new media such as the Internet, teenagers spend more of their spare time online, especially during winter and summer vacations. Many childrens obsession with the Internet has reached a level that their bodies can bear. This worries many parents. For this reason, various cultural and sports activities are being held all over the country, using traditional origami, paper-cutting and other "small sports" that can use both hands and brains to help children grow better and Integrate into the real world.

Shanxi Evening News recently held an event called "Shanxi Evening News Red Scarf in Action". This event has been held in the third stop of the tenth period. The location of this event is Qingnian Road No. 3 Community in Yingze District. It is understood that during the event, more than 30 red scarves learned folk skills such as origami, paper-cutting and dough sculpture from three folk craftsmen.

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Shanxi Evening News reported on January 31: At about 9 a.m., half an hour before the event started, the children came to the scene to wait. At a large round table made up of several tables, the red scarf people were discussing. I knew I was going to learn origami, paper-cutting and dough modeling today, so I prepared handmade paper, scissors and colored plasticine in advance.

Rabbits, horses, tigers, elephants...the activity began. Dong Xiankun, an origami art master from the Shanxi Folk Literature and Art Association, first took out a box of his works for the children to see. The red scarfs all had their eyes wide open and their mouths open. They sighed from time to time and discussed how beautiful the work was.

"Do you believe that I can fold many geometric shapes with this square piece of paper?" Because it is difficult to learn to fold animals, after showing his handiwork, Teacher Dong began to teach the red scarves the basic skills of origami—— —Deformed origami. He picked up a square piece of paper and demonstrated it to his classmates while talking. Watching this piece of paper in the hands of the teacher, it turned into an isosceles triangle for a while, a trapezoid for a while, and a parallelogram for a while... In just one minute, seven or eight shapes were folded out. The red scarf and the parents on the side stretched out their hands. Thumbs up.

No drawing or thinking required, just pick up the scissors and "click" a few times to cut out a lifelike tiger-shaped picture. Seeing Kang Dongyun, a master of folk arts and crafts in Shanxi Province who is known as "Three Jins and One Scissor", and his masterful paper-cutting art, the red scarf and the parents couldn't wait to pick up the paper and scissors and imitate it. However, no matter how they cut, the final pattern was wrong. In some cases, the "tiger" came out in two pieces because it was cut in the wrong direction. A little girl couldn't get it right after cutting it three times, and she cried anxiously...

What excited the red scarves the most was making tigers with dough sculpting teacher Wang Boxue. Wang Liwei and her cousin Fu Taimeng from Qingnian Road Primary School participated in our newspaper’s Red Scarf Action for the first time today. Wang Liwei stared at the teacher carefully and studied every step carefully. In order to make the tiger more beautiful, she specially made tailor-made clothes and hats for it. Fu Taimeng used his imagination to make the tigers head purple and its body white, making the tiger look fashionable.

At around 12 noon, the activity is coming to an end, but the children are still in high spirits. Although their works are not as beautiful as the teachers, the red scarfs are still full of joy, after all, they are all made by themselves. "These folk handicrafts look simple, but they are really not easy to make. I have to practice hard after I get home!" said 10-year-old Jia Zhichao.

Many red scarves like and become obsessed with origami through this event, hoping to turn their wild ideas in their imaginations into exquisite origami works. Let’s look forward to their works together!