Folk origami artist Dong Zhaoshou recruits apprentices in Tianda

Folk origami artist Dong Zhaoshou recruits apprentices in Tianda

As the national economy continues to improve and peoples lives become increasingly affluent, more and more people are beginning to pay attention to traditional handicrafts including origami. At the end of last year, the famous folk origami artist Mr. Dong Zhaoshou held a unique enrollment ceremony at Tianjin University. His purpose of recruiting apprentices this time was to fully explore the creativity and passion of college students and integrate their unique innovative ideas Integrate culture and culture into the traditional origami art, making the traditional origami art shine with new brilliance!

City Express News from November 11 to 29: At around 7 o'clock last night, a classroom at Tianjin University was packed. More than 140 students were bowing their heads and practicing origami seriously. Dong Zhaoshou, a folk origami artist who was over sixty years old, stood on the podium. Dong Zhaoshou said that he held lectures in universities in order to pass on the traditional art of origami to young people. That night, Dong Zhaoshou accepted 20 college student apprentices on site. He said that he plans to start an origami project of 108 auspicious birds in the near future, and after completion, he will declare the best origami in the Shanghai Guinness Group.

It is understood that origami is a traditional plastic art, which is expressed with the help of paper as simple lines as possible. In 1999, Dong Zhaoshou was awarded by Shanghai Guinness as having the most origami works in the world. His origami is different from traditional origami. Without using tools, he can fold square papers of various colors into various shapes with just his hands. Birds and beasts, an animal shape is made by folding a piece of paper, without sticking or plugging.

In the lecture the day before yesterday, Dong Zhaoshou showed the students the whole process of origami using birds as an example. He only used a small square piece of paper to quickly fold out a chicken. The work was so lifelike. The speed of folding paper surprised the students present. Next, the students followed Dong Zhaoshou and followed the steps to learn origami using small pieces of paper prepared in advance. A girl mastered the art of origami when she was halfway through the lesson. Before the teacher finished teaching her, she had already folded a whole chicken according to her own idea, and it was so stylish that she was praised by Dong Zhaoshou.

Dong Zhaoshou told everyone that the shape of the folded bird must first be accurate. The key is to change the four sides of the square paper according to the length characteristics of the birds beak, neck, tail, legs and claws.The shape of four corners. The degree of shape change should be just right. Whether it is cranes, storks, and herons with long legs and long necks, peacocks and pheasants with long tails and short legs, or magpies and parrots with medium long tails and short legs, they are all folded from modified paper. The second is the use of paper colors to achieve the desired effect.

At the end of the lecture, Dong Zhaoshou said that he has had a dream for more than ten years, hoping to organize a group to create 108 kinds of auspicious birds from around the world, and then apply for Shanghais Guinness title. Seeing the enthusiasm of college students for origami and the rich creativity of young people, he believed that he would be able to complete this dream soon. As soon as Dong Zhaoshou finished speaking, many people took the initiative to ask for help, hoping to join the origami team. In the end, the old man chose 20 college students to form his own origami creation team.

Mr. Dong Zhaoshou appeared in the Variety Express column of CCTV Variety Channel in 2003 with his exquisite origami works.