[Beijing Winter Olympics] A farmer in Xingtai, Hebei Province uses melon seeds to paint a gift for the Winter Olympics
Recently, 44-year-old Han Zhanguo used melon seeds to paint as a gift to the Winter Olympics.
Han Zhanguo is a villager in Han Village, Jiasong Town, Nanhe District, Xingtai City, Hebei Province. A few years ago, he happened to see someone using melon seed shells to paint from the Internet. He found it very interesting, so he wanted to try it himself.
Due to the different sizes and curvatures of the melon seed shells, they need to be carefully selected to look neat and coordinated in the end.
The melon seed shells need to go through the steps of cleaning, disinfection, preservation, and drying before they can be used for creation.
As he practiced patiently and assiduously, the Guazi painting he created finally gained more and more people's approval.
His works such as "Grand Exhibition" and "The Great Wall" were praised and discussed by netizens, and he was also affectionately called "Guazi Brother" by netizens.
As the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics approaches, melon seeds paintings with the theme of the Winter Olympics have become the direction of Han Zhanguo’s creation. One by one, each piece of lifelike Winter Olympic themes and elements of the Winter Olympics are displayed in front of everyone. .
In order to create melon seeds painting works on the theme of the Winter Olympics, he read a lot of articles related to the Winter Olympics.
Han Zhanguo said that he liked sports when he was a child, and it was his childhood dream to become an athlete. Now he hopes to use the melon seed paintings he made by himself to let more people understand the Winter Olympics culture and cheer for the Winter Olympics.
(Produced by Zhang Pengxiang and Liu Tong by Le Xiaomin)
Editor in charge: [Lu Yan]