(Beijing Winter Olympics) Designer explains "Xue Rongrong" in detail: showing "Chinese style"

　　China News Agency, Harbin, February 10th: The designer explained "Xue Rongrong" in detail: showing the "Chinese style"

　　China News Agency reporter Wang Nina

　　During the Beijing Winter Olympics, "Bingdundun" was hard to find, and the fire was a mess. Compared with the cute, naive, technologically and futuristic "Bingdundun", red lanterns, small snow The flowery "Xue Rongrong" is also "out of the circle" now.

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

　　As the designer of the mascot "Xue Rong Rong" for the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympics, Jiang Yufan said in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency on the 10th: "At the beginning of the design of 'Xue Rong Rong', I also wanted to bring Chinese traditional culture 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.

　　There is a folk proverb in China that "clouds cover the moon on the fifteenth day of August, and snow lights on the fifteenth day of the first month." The ancient Chinese discovered through long-term observation that snow on the fifteenth day of the first month indicates a good year in the coming year. "Xue Rongrong" on top of "a small 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, "Xue Rongrong" also became 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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