(Interviews between the two sessions) Zhou Shuying, deputy to the National People's Congress: Traditional culture can both enter the world stage and "make blood" for the economy
China news agency, Shijiazhuang, May 17 - Title: NPC deputy Zhou Shuying: traditional culture can board the world stage but also for the economy, "blood"
China News Agency reporter Li Qian
In 2020, the National People's Congress and the National Intangible Cultural Heritage inheritor Zhou Shuying prepared a special "proposal."
"The majestic mountain in this landscape paper-cut picture is taken from Academician Zhong Nanshan's" mountain ", and the orchid in the painting is taken from Academician Li Lanjuan's" lan "." In order to express gratitude to medical workers, Zhou Shuying put some anti-epidemic figures The name is transformed into a Chinese cultural symbol with the meaning of "virtue" integrated into the paper-cut, and they are framed into long volumes.
Zhou Shuying's hometown, Wei County, Hebei was once a nationally poor county in China. Today, this millennium ancient county has attracted the attention and arrival of tourists from home and abroad with traditional cultures such as paper-cutting, tree-flowering, and Baideng Mountain. There are even seventy-year-old overseas people who come specifically to learn paper-cutting with Zhou Shuying and plan to hold paper-cutting exhibitions overseas.
Zhou Shuying said that the charm of Chinese traditional culture is that it can not only enter the world stage, but also "make blood" for the economy, and even drive the grassroots people out of poverty.
At the end of last year, Zhou Shuying and a local dairy company in Hebei “cross-border” cooperation, combined with the representative cultural elements of 11 districts and cities in Hebei, created paper-cut patterns for each district and city and printed them on the product packaging. Unanimously praised by the market. "This attempt is not bad, it has not only improved the influence of paper cutting in Yu County, but also increased the cultural connotation and sales of dairy companies."
During the epidemic, although there were fewer outings, Zhou Shuying had almost no rest for a day. She signed a second "cross-border" contract with dairy companies and plans to create paper-cutting based on the cultural characteristics of each province in China. At the same time, she also carried out cultural cooperation with more than a dozen companies in the south, and explored some online development models.
Zhou Shuying said that although the epidemic had a certain impact on the Chinese economy, during the epidemic, the Chinese economy burst forth with new vitality and also brought a lot of inspiration and inspiration to her. So at this year ’s National Two Sessions, she will propose to add non-legacy culture The form of cooperation with enterprises makes culture a "business card" and also promotes economic development.
Recently, Zhou Shuying signed an agreement with a third party to obtain the authorization for the souvenir design of the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022, and once again had the opportunity to bring paper-cutting to the world stage. This time, she plans to add traditional Chinese auspicious elements such as gourd, auspicious cloud, peony, etc., and try to combine with opera characters and drama Facebook. In addition, in order to connect with the world, she will consider foreign color usage habits in color application.
"I hope people from all over the world can love paper-cutting, and I also hope that young people in our country can also cherish our own culture." Zhou Shuying said that she has been working to integrate non-legacy culture into the teaching system over the years, which is a solid foundation The project has not only received the approval of many non-genetic contractors, but also received the attention of relevant national departments.
Today, "non-legacy campuses" cover all stages from elementary school to university. And Zhou Shuying has come to more than 50 schools to teach in the past two years, which also made her find a new way for non-genetic inheritance. Recently, she has signed a contract with a company in Macau and will enter the campus of Macau in the future.
Zhou Shuying said that paper-cutting was one of the "standard" features of her childhood memories of the Chinese New Year. She believes that such memories will not be outdated and that "Chinese traditional culture is full of resilience." (Finish)