Highlights of Expo Folk Arts: Guangling Paper-cutting
As early as 2008, Shanxi’s Guangling paper-cutting was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Guangling paper-cutting is one of the three major schools of Chinese folk paper-cutting and has a long history. Guangling paper-cutting is characterized by its clear and lively lines and simple and simple style, and is deeply loved by paper art enthusiasts at home and abroad. The smooth entry of Guangling paper-cutting into the Shaanxi exhibition hall of the Shanghai World Expo is inseparable from the efforts of the Guangling County government and relevant departments. At the same time, the Guangling paper-cuttings entry into the World Expo also opened the door for the Guangling paper-cutting industry to enter the international market. opened a door.
As the Shanghai World Expo approaches, Guangling paper-cutting, as a national intangible cultural heritage, is being organized for exhibition. By then, Guangling paper-cutting will appear in the Shanxi Pavilion, the Shanxi Promotion Week of the World Expo, the Chinese Elements Activity Area, and the Expo Village Art Cui Pavilion, etc., fully demonstrate the unique artistic style and exquisite production craftsmanship of Guangling paper-cutting to the world. At present, the first batch of more than 800 multi-layered new realistic paper-cut works has arrived at the Shanghai Expo Village Art Gallery.
In order to allow Guangling paper-cutting to enter the World Expo, the county party committee and the county government attach great importance to it. Since October 2009, they have actively cooperated with the municipal government, the Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the Municipal Culture Bureau, the provincial government, the Provincial Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the Provincial World Expo Organizing Committee, After contacting the Provincial Development and Reform Commission and the Provincial Department of Culture, and through unremitting efforts, Guangling paper-cutting, a Chinese art treasure, was finally given the opportunity to appear at the World Expo. During the World Expo, the county will promote Guangling paper-cutting through exhibitions, performances, sales and feature films, as well as presenting paper-cutting to the World Expo Bureau, presenting 20,000 exquisite paper-cutting art gifts to friends around the world, and distributing brochures. , allowing the world to further appreciate its artistic charm. At the same time, the county also launched the China Guangling paper-cutting art website to cooperate with Guangling paper-cuttings entry into the World Expo.
In the arts and crafts exhibition area of ??Shanxi Exhibition Hall, a batch of Guangling paper-cut products will be displayed. During the Shanxi Publicity Week held from May 19 to May 23, Zhang Duotang, the representative inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage list project and Guangling paper-cutting artist, will perform paper-cutting performances on-site. The Expo Village Art Hall is a venue that focuses on the exhibition and sale of arts and crafts from all over the country. Among them, Guangling paper-cutting has a place. Currently, Shanxi Yellow River International Convention and Exhibition Center is setting up an exhibition on behalf of Shanxi Province. The first batch of more than 800 Guangling Huihua multi-layered new realistic paper-cut works has arrived there. There are 10 traditional Chinese handicraft workshops in the Chinese Elements Activity Area, one of which is the Guangling Paper-cutting Workshop, covering an area of ??39 square meters. It will take a month to display and perform Guangling Paper-cutting.
In recent years, Guangling County has incorporated the paper-cutting cultural industry into the overall plan of local economic and social development. As a sunrise industry that promotes the transformation and development of the county economy, it has actively created an optimal environment and made efforts to help and support, effectively promoting the prosperity of the paper-cutting cultural industry. Development has led to an increase in farmers' income. Up to now, the county has three leading enterprises: Guangling Paper-cutting Culture and Art Development Co., Ltd., Qinghong Paper-cutting Art Company, and Huihua Folk Culture and Art Development Co., Ltd., which have influenced more than 2,500 farmers in 1,480 households, and the average household income has increased by more than 6,000 yuan. The annual income from paper-cutting sales in the county is 35 million yuan. Guangling County was awarded the title of "Hometown of International Paper-cutting Art" by the East-West Artists Association. Guangling Paper-cutting Cultural Industrial Park was named a national cultural industry demonstration base by the Ministry of Culture. Guangling Paper-cutting was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list. It was jointly packaged with paper-cutting projects in other provinces and cities, and was selected into the World Representative List of Human Intangible Cultural Heritage as a Chinese paper-cutting project.
Director of China Guangling Paper-cutting Cultural Industrial Park
Director of China (Guangling) Paper-cut Art Museum
Zhang Duotang Introduction
Zhang Duotang, male, Han nationality, born in May 1955, college education, from Guangling County, Datong City, Shanxi Province. He started working in 1976, with the professional title of journalist. He has served as the leader of the Communications Group of the Guangling County Party Committee, the deputy director of the County Radio and Television Bureau, and the deputy director of the County Tourism Bureau. He is currently the director of Nanhu Forest Park in Shanxi Province. Vice president of Datong Arts and Crafts Association, vice president of Shanxi Urban and Rural Arts Exchange Association, director of Shanxi Folk Artists Association, member of China Folk Artists Association, and first-class folk arts and crafts artist in Shanxi Province.
Guangling paper-cutting was included in the first batch of Shanxi Province and the second batch of intangible cultural heritage in the country.
Zhang Duotang has been exposed to the art of paper-cutting since he was a child. He is full of deep affection and artistic sensitivity unique to the descendants of the founding family of artists. After studying and working, through 30 years of painstaking research and practice, he has inherited the traditional paper-cutting skills. On this basis, we continue to explore new techniques and expression techniques of design, engraving, and dyeing, in order to protect, rescue, collect, organize, innovate, and develop Guangling paper-cut culture and art.In 1999, the "Shanxi Guangling Paper-cutting Culture and Art Research Center" and "Shanxi Guangling Paper-cutting Culture and Art Development Co., Ltd." were founded, ending the long-term decentralized workshop-style production model of each household, and forming a comprehensive business from design to engraving. , one-stop professional scale operation from dyeing to packaging, which meets the high market standards and is supplied in large quantities. The varieties, styles and specifications of Guangling paper-cuts produced by the company have expanded from the original dozens to more than a thousand. Contributed to the revitalization of Guangling paper-cutting culture and art.
In 2007, another 10 million yuan was invested to acquire 56 acres of land to build the China Guangling Paper-cutting Cultural Industrial Park. The countrys first 3,000m2 China Guangling Paper-cutting Art Museum was built in the park, and the third China·Datong·Guangling reception was successfully held. The International Paper-cutting Art Exhibition has more than 50,000 Chinese and foreign guests and visitors. More than 600 of his award-winning works were exhibited, and Datong Guangling Paper-cutting Vocational Training School was established. His paper-cut works have won 32 national, provincial and municipal awards fifteen times, and some have been selected into books and periodicals; two papers, "Characteristics and Value of Guangling Paper-cut" and "The Role and Status of Guangling Paper-cut in the Cultural Industry", respectively Won the Excellence Award at the 2nd and 3rd International Paper-cutting Art Forum.
