[Rural Revitalization] Young folk cartoonists take root in the countryside: use cartoons to draw out the local culture
[Explanation] Twenty-four solar terms, folk festivals, folk customs... In Hefei, Anhui Province, a young folk cartoonist Pang Zhiqiang used cartoons to record local customs and folk culture. Nostalgic works have gained many fans on the Internet. .
[Commentary] Pang Zhiqiang is better known by his pen name "Mr. Yu Mu".
Pang Zhiqiang said that because he is relatively dull and speaks very little in ordinary times, the hometown dialect "elm bumps" is quite suitable for him.
[Explanation] Pang Zhiqiang has liked painting since he was a child, and his father also encouraged him to paint on paper, on the ground, and on the wall.
The memories and graffiti hobbies of living in the country as a child have been with him growing up. He has taken painting as a diary for 30 years.
[Concurrent] Pang Zhiqiang, a young folklore cartoonist
I never felt that I was a painter, nor did I feel that I was a painter, I just felt like a diary, I saw what I saw, what I knew, and what I thought every day, and then through the form of comics. If you draw it, you can't call it a comic. You can only use essays. You can use essays to record what you see with a little text, and you will develop a lifestyle that is more specific than writing a diary.
[Explanation] Pang Zhiqiang has a natural affection and affection for the countryside, and now he also sets up his work in Sangua Commune by Chaohu Lake in Anhui.
Pang Zhiqiang likes the countryside and vegetable markets very much. He thinks these are very smoky places.
Especially the customs of each place such as weddings and funerals, full moons of children, etc. The more you understand, the more interesting you will be.
[Concurrent] Pang Zhiqiang, a young folklore cartoonist
So in the process of painting, you continue to collect styles. The so-called “collecting styles”, you go to some places, learn about some places, learn about some cultures, and record it. It is almost more than 10 years, because it was in the vegetable market at first. Those who turn around, record those scenes, and then go to the countryside, and then to remote mountainous areas and so on.
[Explanation] Pang Zhiqiang believes that the most important aspect of rural revitalization is the revitalization of rural culture, including folklore, solar terms, food, and architecture.
With the accelerating pace of modern life, many local cultures have gradually faded, and what he has done is to record it in the form of comics, and use modern and innovative means to preserve and pass on the culture.
[Concurrent] Pang Zhiqiang, a young folklore cartoonist
The revitalization of the countryside, the revival of rural culture, and what are the benefits of the revival of rural culture?
That is, we can gradually enrich our festival solar terms, local customs, and our spiritual culture through such a revival, and then use these to keep our things that we need to keep.
[Explanation] Today Pang Zhiqiang is rooted in the countryside. Whenever he goes to a region or a farmer’s house, the first thing is to see what the farmers eat and live, and how to carry out agricultural production. He hopes to record what he sees. .
He also hopes that more young people can come to the countryside and create works of local culture with him.
[Concurrent] Pang Zhiqiang, a young folklore cartoonist
Sometimes we do some activities, do some tea parties, including some exchanges, to express these things, because we think that only after you get to such a quiet place can you produce a lot of things, so I also hope that more young people will come. Let’s take a look here and have fun. I also hope that some people who like to paint can come here. I will create some stories about the countryside and stories about the countryside. This is what I have been doing and want to keep doing it. One thing.
Reporter Zhang Jun reports from Hefei, Anhui
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]