China News Service, Harbin, February 10th: "Xue Rong Rong" designer Jiang Yufan: a "Xue Rong Rong" with "Chinese aura" to share with the world

  Chinanews.com reporter Wang Nina

  During the Beijing Winter Olympics, "Bingdundun" was hard to find, and the fire was confusing. Compared with the cute, naive, technologically and futuristic "Bingdundun", the big red lantern , The "Xue Rongrong" with Xiao Xuehua's face is now "out of the circle".

  A "Xue Rongrong", showing the "Chinese style".

  As the designer of the mascot "Xue Rong Rong" of the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympics, Jiang Yufan said in an interview with a reporter from Chinanews on the 10th: "At the beginning of designing 'Xue Rong Rong', I also wanted to let Chinese traditional culture go to the world. ".

  Jiang Yufan's home is located in Jiayin County, Yichun City, Heilongjiang Province. It is designed with the design concept of "red lanterns as elements, northeast snow lights".

  "We are a small town on the border. When we were young, we celebrated New Year's Eve, and we hung red lanterns at home. The whole town was full of red lanterns, warm and festive. This is the Chinese New Year in my mind. It is connected with family, reunion, and beauty. That's my original idea." Jiang Yufan said.

"Xue Rongrong" and the "family portrait" of the design team.

Provided by Jiang Yufan

  There is a folk proverb in our country that "clouds cover the moon on the 15th day of August, and snow lights on the 15th day of the first month". Snow on the 15th day of the first month indicates a good year in the coming year. "A Little Pile of Snow".

  "When I was a child, our children would play snowball fights in winter. Sometimes the snow hits the face and smeared the face. I just thought of this, 'Xue Rongrong' has a 'face of snow' on his face."

Jiang Yufan said that red lanterns, snow lanterns, and snowball fights are all good memories of Northeasterners like Jiang Yufan with a warm "New Year's taste". Share all over the world.

  Beginning in 2018, 16 people from the "Xue Rongrong" design team, including Jiang Yufan, spent more than 300 days, came up with 32 sets of revision plans, and drew more than 10,000 sketches, and finally gave birth to this festive, Smart and warm "Xue Rong Rong".

  Before designing "Xue Rongrong", Jiang Yufan liked traditional Chinese culture very much. She would study various "Ruyi patterns" and "Great Wall patterns", and would often read papers related to Chinese culture.

  "The small hook on the top of 'Xue Rongrong' head and the small lace on the feet are all 'Ruyi patterns', and there are 13 pigeon patterns on the head, which means the 13th Winter Paralympics, and the pattern connected to the dove pattern is Beijing The landmark building, the Temple of Heaven, as a whole, draws on the art form of Chinese paper-cutting." Jiang Yufan said.

  With the opening of the Winter Olympics, "Bing Dun Dun" is hard to find, and "Xue Rong Rong" is also popular.

Jiang Yufan's "Xue Rongrong" video on his Weibo has accumulated more than 100,000 views. Fans affectionately call Jiang Yufan "Rongrong Mommy", and leave a message saying "I am a fan of Rongbao, Doudou's eyes, chubby face, and short legs hit my heart, and it will still glow, so red and warm..."

  Jiang Yufan said that the belly of "Xue Rongrong" designed by the team can glow, hoping to light up everyone's dreams.

Now, Jiang Yufan is already in the second year of graduate school. She said that she will be engaged in the design direction related to Chinese culture in the future. "Xue Rongrong" has made her more determined. She wants to make Chinese culture go to the world and spread China to the world. culture.

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