Kangxi radical 118|Zhu Tianwen (1436-1480), Northern Song dynasty poet

Han Ping, a nationally renowned paper-cutting artist, originating from the ancient city of northwest Anhui fine Yang, since childhood love of the art of paper-cutting, is the famous paper-cutting master Mr. Wang Jiahe's closed disciple, deeply Mr. Wang Jiahe's authenticity and trust, learn by ear, teach by example, coupled with their own hard work and endurance for more than twenty years as one day, the knife incessantly, diligently, and always pursuing a simple and harmonious beauty of nature.

Paper cutting is like being a person, Mr. Han Ping is simple, humble, bold, generous, indifferent to fame and fortune, do not tend to influence, out of the mud and not stained, never to cut paper to show people, so it has been praised by many famous artists.

In order to improve his paper-cutting skills, Mr. Han Ping went to Shaanxi, Shanxi, south to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, etc., visiting famous teachers and colleagues, contending with the skills, picking up the strengths of all, to make up for his own shortcomings. Mr. Han Ping was taught by masters such as Cheng Jianli, Xie Fangkai, Luo Feng, etc., and formed his own unique style, with even and delicate lines, bright and vivid, simple and harmonious, and fresh and natural.

Paper-cutting is a kind of intangible cultural heritage. It is a folk art created and handed down by our people in thousands of years of practical life, and it is an odd flower blooming in the forest of national art in our country, blossoming with bright light. With its unique artistic style, it is popular among the general public.

On the basis of inheriting the tradition, Han Ping's paper-cutting art absorbs the techniques of printmaking, decorative painting and cartooning, and creates many different forms and styles of paper-cutting works, which is refreshing. We can see from her works "Jin Ping Fu Gui", "Cherished", "Qingming Shanghe Tu", her paper-cutting, simple and bright composition, simple and exaggerated modeling, black and white contrast, paper strips are staggered, the image of beautiful and beautiful. Give a person a strong artistic infectivity.

Paper cutting is not an ordinary painting, it needs composition and re-creation, some people think that a black and white single picture, with scissors or carving knife carving out is paper-cutting it; there are also people to the single line of brush painting, black and white prints, etc. with a knife carved out, it is mistaken for "paper-cutting masters". In fact, it is not, that is not called "paper-cutting", but "painting". Han Ping's paper-cutting is exactly the opposite, she drew on the basis of traditional, but also studied printmaking, brush painting, painting and other plastic arts, many techniques organically combined to create a vivid image of excellent paper-cutting works, such as "Huangshan Chao Hui", "five tiger tsunami spring", so that the viewer, such as the scene, such as the sound, as a pleasure to the eye, it is refreshing and invigorating.

Throughout Han Ping's paper-cutting art, we can easily see that her paper-cutting art style is outstanding, with strong and light colors. Clear theme, simple composition, bright lines, clear outline, vivid demeanor, action stretch, clean, black and white, strong sense of rhythm; vivid modeling, simple and harmonious, natural, lifelike, and bold use of exaggeration and deformation techniques, the eyes, mouth, hair, etc. of the characters or animals deformed and enlarged, which not only highlights the theme, but also connects a variety of characters and objects, showing the artist's This not only emphasizes the theme, but also connects the various figures and objects, showing the artist's own realism and romanticism.

Han Ping paper-cutting body both cut close to life, but also from life, not only has a strong flavor of life, but also has a distinctive national characteristics. Does not rely on rich color variations and light and heavy rendering, thus highlighting the simple and generous artistic style. Fully embodies the ancient and natural traditional style of its paper-cutting art, not only inherits the tradition, but also promotes the national art.

"Sword sharpness comes from sharpening, plum blossom fragrance comes from bitter cold", hard work will inevitably produce fruitful results. After decades of unremitting efforts, Han Ping finally gained something.2004In the same year, his work "Qingming Riverside Scroll" won the gold medal at the first agricultural exposition in Anhui Province, and "Brocade Screen of Fortune" was collected by the Anhui Provincial Museum.6In the same year, it won the highest prize of Shanhua in the Fifth Folk Crafts Exhibition in Beijing; in the same year, it won the highest prize of Shanhua.9His work "Feng Hou Hanging Marshal" won the silver medal at the 7th Chinese Art Festival in Wenzhou in January, and was collected by Wenzhou Folk Museum;2006surname Nian9moon28Participated in the World Horticultural Expo in Shenyang, China, and won the silver medal;2008surname Nian208The class scroll "Harmonious China Welcomes the Olympic Games" won the Special Contribution Award;2009Year in National Day60On the anniversary of the National Paper-cutting Art Exhibition, his work "Twenty-four Filial Piety" was collected by the Chinese Society of Gerontology;2010surname Nian6moon16The meter-long scroll "Ode to China's Thousand Autumns" was exhibited at the Shanghai World Expo Park, causing a strong sensation and was valued by experts.30-60Ten thousand yuan. Although many of its works by Japan, South Korea, Singapore and other friends at home and abroad collection, paper-cutting fame, but it often says: "the road is long and far away, I will go up and down and seek", this is the true portrayal of its artistic life.

(The author of this article is a reporter for Capitol Illustrated))