Ma Jianghong is a master of arts and crafts in Xinjiang, and she is also the intangible inheritor of gourd painting. When she was in college, she went to Dunhuang and the Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves in Xinjiang. When she first saw gourd painting in Kashgar, she was born The idea of carving the murals of the Thousand Buddha Caves into the gourd has persisted for more than 30 years.
Ma Jianghong has studied oil painting, meticulous painting, jade carving, wood carving and other techniques. She applied these techniques to gourd carving, and went to the Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves to conduct field inspections to analyze and study the storyline and age of the murals. Exquisite frescoes are presented on the gourds.
Carving gourd paintings is an enjoyable process for Ma Jianghong, who works 13 hours a day and enjoys it.
In recent years, Ma Jianghong hopes to pass on this skill to more young people, so that more people can master the carving skills of gourd painting, and at the same time let everyone know Xinjiang and the profound local culture of Xinjiang through the way of gourd painting.
Zuo Dandan Chuxu reported from Urumqi, Xinjiang
Responsible editor: [Li Ji]