Zhongxin. com, Shijiazhuang, February 3 rd (Huang Xinyao) "Golden Pig Happy New Year", "Fat Pig Arch" and "Wealth from All Sides" … … Hundreds of "pig" elements of window paper-cutting are all over the studio of Niu Shimin, the inheritor of Hebei Wuji paper-cutting technology.
"It’s been 25 years. Every New Year, I will cut out hundreds of paper-cuts with the theme of the zodiac." Near New Year’s Eve, Niu Shimin is the busiest time, and he is rushing to make all kinds of "blessing pigs".
Niu Shimin, 48, was born in a paper-cutting family. He was influenced by his grandmother and fell in love with paper-cutting since he was a child. He followed his elders to cut some simple patterns such as five-pointed stars, flowers and birds, and zodiac signs to practice basic skills. "My grandmother was able to cut paper with both hands at the same time, which was my deepest memory when I was a child." Niu Shimin studied under the old paper-cutting artists Yang Sumiao and Sun Lifeng, and then embarked on the road of paper-cutting.
Over the past 30 years, Niu Shimin has cut out nearly 100,000 works. In addition to traditional patterns such as blessing, longevity and zodiac, Niu Shimin also recorded national events such as "Seven Gods Going to Heaven" and "Shanghai World Expo" with paper-cutting.
When talking about his painstaking work, Niu Shimin said that he was 36 years old when he cut Twelve Women in Jinling. At that time, he was full of energy and good eyesight. He often had a sudden inspiration in the middle of the night and began to create immediately. It took one year and two months from conception to completion.
Creation, teaching and participation in various foreign affairs activities. . Niu Shimin always can’t stop. Not long ago, Niu Shimin, as the representative of Shijiazhuang’s "Belt and Road Initiative" and the cultural and educational exchange activities in Russia, took the endless paper-cutting abroad and was sought after by local people.
"Foreign children even cry to find a teacher because it’s not their turn ‘ Go through the back door ’ Let me cut the silhouette. " Niu Shimin said that the paper-cut culture was as popular as the middle school in St. Petersburg wherever he went on this trip to Russia.
As a representative inheritor of Hebei’s provincial intangible cultural heritage, Niu Shimin has interacted with friends all over the world in recent years, and conveyed China’s voice with the unique cultural language of paper-cutting. His "foreign students" said that Hebei paper-cutting is amazing and China culture is amazing.
"For me, paper-cutting has become a companion and cannot be separated." Niu Shimin said that he hopes to continue to contribute to the spread of China culture to the world at the Beijing Winter Olympics, and to spread Hebei paper-cut art to more places and let more people know about it. (End)
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