Old Chengdu artist origami makes paper lanterns for the Year of the Tiger
How to combine the art of origami with the Lunar Year of the Tiger may be a question that many origami enthusiasts are thinking about and exploring. In Chengdu, Zheng Chongzhi decorated the origami tiger he made with his own On paper lanterns, the effect is surprisingly good! It is understood that Mr. Zheng Chongzhi did not learn how to make origami tigers. He learned it entirely based on his own interest. What is even more amazing is that Zheng Chongzhi can fold almost anything!
Look at the news from West China Metropolis Daily:
As the music played, 10 women in Tang suits held lanterns and walked catwalk in the yard. "You, slow down a little more.", "You have to keep up with the rhythm.", "You can't be too far away from her."... Among the red flowers, Zheng Chongzhi, wearing a hat, walked back and forth to point out "Jiangshan" ". On the third rehearsal, Zheng Chongzhi finally showed a satisfied smile.
During the break, the team members went to Zheng Chongzhi’s house to drink tea and chat. Zheng Chongzhi’s finished products, semi-finished products and colorful materials are displayed everywhere on the bed and cabinets of Zheng Chongzhi’s home. In one bedroom, there is a table dedicated to his origami, which is filled with tools and materials for origami. Zheng Chongzhi picked up a piece of yellow paper beside the table, cut it into a square, and fiddled with it a few times to get a tiger head. Then use a colored pen to write the word "王" on the tigers forehead and draw a few beards around its mouth. Suddenly, the paper tiger became more angry. Without drawings, in just 3 minutes, a lifelike tiger was born from his hands. In his home, in addition to tiger heads, there are also standing and lying tigers.
"These tigers are all my own creations." Touching the newly folded tiger head, Zheng Chongzhi said that he had never folded a tiger before, nor had he read a book that taught people how to fold a tiger. Thinking that this year is the Year of the Tiger, I started trying to create using waste paper. Unexpectedly, creating is not as difficult as imagined. Not modified several times, it turned into a tiger that I am now quite satisfied with.
Airplane seafood lanterns can fold anything
Regarding his craftsmanship, Zheng Chongzhi said that he was very grateful to his mother and grandmother. He lived in Dalian when he was a child. Because his mother and grandmother loved origami, they often folded various patterns at home. Because they were worried about affecting his academic performance, his family never allowed him to learn origami. When he was six or seven years old, he watched with his eyes and memorized with his mind, and secretly learned some tricks. It was not until he retired and settled in Chengdu that he regained his childhood interest.
Origami requires paper, so he started by scrapping old newspapers at home. While shopping, the sales promoter handed him the advertising DM slip
It became a treasure in his eyes. As his skills improved, he folded hat series, seafood series and lantern series. Recently, he has begun to study folding airplanes again, preparing to display his series of airplanes on Womens Day. He once folded crabs and sailboats out of whole sheets of paper. He is quite confident in his craft.
Fold lanterns to pay New Year greetings to the "sonorous example"
Disposable paper cups, plastic bottles, fruit packaging boxes... these wastes in the trash can are all treasures in Zheng Chongzhis eyes. Although he liked it, he was still embarrassed to pick it up.
Such important tasks often fall on the shoulders of my wife Zheng Yuxiang. Last month, when he was creating a lantern, he needed some disposable paper cups. Passing by a tea shop, I saw a pile of paper cups on the ground and asked my wife to lean over and pick them up. "Are you a garbage collector?" The little girls question made Zheng Yuxiang blush with embarrassment.
Zheng Yuxiang said that her home is full of her wife’s creative ideas. The family is not short of money and has never thought of selling. Although it was a little annoying, she still couldn't bear to throw it away. Zheng Chongzhi is a loyal reader of this newspaper, and he has been paying attention to our love New Year greeting activities. He said that the stories of sonorous role models are touching, and the love of entrepreneurs who lend a helping hand makes this winter very warm. He hopes to pay New Year greetings to "sonorous role models" and caring entrepreneurs through the tiger lanterns he made. At the same time, he hopes to teach this origami and production technology to young people who want to start their own businesses. "I can teach them and pass on origami, the traditional culture of the Chinese nation."
