"Cut" out of the auspicious blessing
When vaccination met the Spring Festival, Lin Ximing's Modern Paper-cutting Art Museum became the most delicious COVID-19 vaccination point in the new year. A few days ago, the 2022 Xuhui District "Our Festival • Spring Festival" paper-cutting and blessing delivery activity was held here. Here you can not only get vaccinated, but also learn to cut the word "Fu" with the teachers of the paper-cut inheritance team to add blessings to the New Year!
It sounds easy to cut the blessing word, but it is actually a test of everyone's handiwork. "The teacher of the paper-cutting inheritance team taught us to cut out smooth lines by hand, and with many practices, even I, the 'hand-wrecked party', can cut out a good-looking 'blessing'!" "I didn't expect to be able to not only get vaccinated but also learn skills here!" The medical staff and vaccinators present brushed their thumbs and thumbs up.
"Blessings" to welcome the New Year
"Cut" out of the Chinese Year
The red paper-cutting is a bright color in the Spring Festival, and it is also a symbol of reunion and a beautiful cultural symbol, adding a festive "Chinese red" to the New Year. The Fenglin Street Shanghai Paper-cutting Heritage Team was very busy during the Spring Festival, and has participated in nearly 20 intangible cultural heritage display and publicity experience activities in many places in Shanghai.
In the bustling major shopping malls, the paper-cutting inheritors guide on the spot and use the "Haipai" style paper-cutting to "cut" out the tricks and blessings. With a slight "rustling" sound, shredded pieces of paper fall like snowflakes, and a beautiful window flower is successfully completed
"Cut" a good sign
Fenglin Street New Era Civilization Practice Sub-Center recently joined hands with the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Fudan University, a civilized unit in Shanghai, to organize the Fenglin Paper-cutting Inheritance Team to create auspicious paper-cut patterns for the Year of the Tiger to send New Year blessings to patients who are about to be discharged and stay in the hospital during the Spring Festival.
Some of the teachers of the paper-cutting inheritance team went to the hall of the cancer hospital as representatives to set up a stall to cut paper, and the 200 paper-cut works and spring leagues prepared in the early stage were donated to the tumor patients by the resident nurses. "Come on, girl! We believe you can do miracles! The paper-cutting teachers also recorded a video for a student oncology patient in advance, hoping that this voice encouraged and red paper-cutting to bring a little relief to the patient.
(For details, please see: "Cut" a good omen, Maplewood craftsmen will send "Fu" to the hospital)
"Cut" out of love with each other
Before the festival, Shanghai South Railway Station also ushered in the peak of the Spring Festival passenger flow, Shanghai paper-cutting municipal non-hereditary heir Sun Jihai on-site exhibition skills, send spring union, let passengers feel the rich "New Year's taste", bring blessings home for the New Year, the "little Year" in the journey also has a taste.
This series of paper-cutting experiences and demonstration activities,
It was praised by many participants!
Ms. Zhang
This kind of experience activity is very good, which not only increases the children's understanding and awareness of traditional culture, but also cultivates the children's interest in participating in traditional handicrafts
Mr. Xu
The child had a happy day with the blessing characters he personally cut, and he had a great sense of accomplishment!
Skillful paper-cutting busy, happy New Year! The Fenglin Street New Era Civilization Practice Sub-Center will better excavate the deep foundation of paper-cutting art, actively integrate into the lives of residents with teaching and dissemination as a bridge, and let more people feel the poetry and spirit of Haipai paper-cutting.
Author: Maplewood Street
Editor: Ninh Binh Ying