The paper-cutting hall is full of Chinese red Yantai intangible cultural heritage people's skillful hands and pieces of paper exhibition macro "rabbit"

(New Year walks to the grassroots level) The paper-cutting hall is full of Chinese red Yantai intangible cultural heritage people's skillful hands and pieces of paper exhibition macro "rabbit"

　　Chinanews.com, Yantai, Feb. 3. Topic: The paper-cut hall is full of Chinese red Yantai intangible cultural heritage people's ingenious hands and a piece of paper exhibition macro "rabbit"

　　Reporter Wang Jiaoni

　　When the intangible cultural heritage paper-cut meets the Kuimao year, Liang Qiaoyan, the representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage-Yantai paper-cut project, is busier than in previous years.

Turning small paper-cuts from decorations into big industries and telling Chinese stories in the language of paper-cuts is her New Year's goal.

　　Walking into the paper-cutting museum located in Yantai Suocheng Historical and Cultural District, "Chinese Red" blows in your face.

Red window grilles are pasted on the windows, and adults and children sit around the table and cut patterns.

Paper-cut works and cultural and creative products of different styles and themes are displayed on the walls and shelves, conveying the taste of Chinese New Year to tourists at home and abroad with "a touch of red".

The picture shows Liang Qiaoyan cutting window grilles.

Photo by Wang Jiaoni

　　It is reported that Yantai paper-cutting has a long history and rich styles and categories.

Among them, techniques such as "monochrome, sketching and dyeing, color lining, and color matching" show a strong interest in life, and were selected into the national intangible cultural heritage list in 2008.

　　"When I was young, I was fascinated by the stories in the window grilles. Whenever I saw paper-cuts with different patterns, I would pester my grandma to tell me stories. Legends such as 'Liu Hai Xi Jin Chan' and 'Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea' all entered my mind through the window grilles. "Liang Qiaoyan told reporters that she was born in a paper-cut family, and she started painting window grilles and learning paper-cutting at the age of 5, and she has an inextricable relationship with paper-cutting.

The picture shows the paper-cut work "Zhifu Wonderland" created by Liang Qiaoyan.

Photo provided by the interviewee

　　After growing up, Liang Qiaoyan continued to study skills, explore local themes, visit famous artists at home and abroad, and accumulate experience in innovation.

"One knife, one paper" is not enough to summarize paper-cutting. In her opinion, the most important thing is "storytelling", and it is necessary to be able to "business in paper" and "express feelings in paper".

　　In recent years, Liang Qiaoyan has focused on people and things with positive energy around her, telling stories with paper as a medium, and has continuously released excellent works on themes such as Yantai's urban development, rural revitalization, and national treasures.

The picture shows paper-cut derivatives.

Photo by Wang Jiaoni

　　"The most time-consuming and meaningful work was the creation of Jiaodong's red culture theme. At that time, I followed the experts to revisit the revolutionary process of Jiaodong and created more than a hundred paper-cuts to inherit the red gene. At the same time, I hope to convey to people that we should cherish the present The meaning of a happy life." Liang Qiaoyan said.

　　Paper-cutting can not only be pasted on the window, but also "unlock" more scenes.

When paper cutting is combined with daily necessities, office stationery and even online games, a large number of new products that meet the aesthetics of young people have been developed.

Today, Liang Qiaoyan's paper-cut studio continues to grow and develop, with more and more orders.

The picture shows Liang Qiaoyan introducing Yantai paper-cutting.

Photo by Wang Jiaoni

　　"Many companies have approached me, hoping to customize paper-cut products as gifts for overseas customers." Liang Qiaoyan said that these gifts combine Chinese intangible cultural heritage with the development of Chinese companies. spread farther and farther.

　　With the popularity of live webcasting, Liang Qiaoyan moved the paper-cutting class from schools and communities into the live broadcast room.

In a bilingual corner online class opened years ago, many Thai and Russian students learned paper-cutting through live broadcast. In the cloud of "on-site teaching and on-site cutting", Chinese and foreign teachers and students experienced the wonderful moments brought by paper-cutting together.

　　"As an intangible cultural heritage person, we should not reject new things, but should continue to expand communication channels." Liang Qiaoyan told reporters that only by continuously expanding the industry can more paper-cut artists create good works. Zhanhong "rabbit".

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