What is the best pattern to draw on the gourd (an artistic treasure painted on the gourd)

Life is wonderful because of inheritance. On the "Time Memory Intangible Heritage Map", non-genetic inheritors and craftsmen from all over the country display the charm of intangible culture with unique skills and practice the mission of inheriting and carrying forward the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation.

Non-genetic craftsman of this issue: Pei, co-craftsman of "Time Memory and Non-legacy Map" platform-

Pei Zhengming, born in 199 1, is from Xi City, Shaanxi Province. Graduated from Xi Academy of Fine Arts, he is now the director of the training and counseling center of Xi Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Association.

Gourd is one of the oldest crops in China and the most primitive mascot of the Chinese nation. Because of its "S" shape, it resembles the dividing line of Yin and Yang in the Eight Diagrams, so it is commonly used in Buddhism and Taoism culture. In the folk, gourd is homophonic with "Fulu", which means "many children and many blessings" and has a unique meaning in folk beliefs.

In the past, every household always had several gourd products, such as water ladle, wine vessel and wedding ritual vessel, and the combination of gourd and pyrography added a bit of artistic color to this traditional "mascot".

Gourd pyrography, also called hot painting and fire painting, as its name implies, is a traditional folk art form in China, which has the characteristics of not easy to corrupt, not easy to deteriorate, long preservation time and high artistic value.

"Gourd pyrography also has extremely high requirements for rival artists. Pay attention to the control of temperature, strength and speed when creating. The temperature of the electric pen, the speed and strength of the pen are the keys to the success of gourd pyrography. It is best to do it in one go, because with a little pause and hesitation, the color will be too deep or too shallow, which will affect the coordination and beauty of the whole picture. " Yan said.

Because he studied Chinese painting since childhood, Pei is like a duck to water in gourd pyrography. He vividly demonstrated the techniques of hooking, pinching, pointing, dyeing, rubbing and painting in Chinese painting. His works are not only rich in layers and colors, but also have a strong three-dimensional sense and a long artistic conception.

In his studio, there are all kinds of finished and semi-finished gourds, the smallest is less than one centimeter, the largest is more than one meter high, and there are hundreds of modeling patterns. In addition to the common eight-treasure gourd, there are egg shapes, apple shapes and so on.

Previously, Pei Zhengming was spontaneous in creating themes. When he thought of what to paint, he never stuck to tradition. In addition to the original landscape, flowers and birds, characters, there are all kinds of bodhisattvas and cartoons, all kinds of pictographs are vivid and complement each other with gourd.

Now Pei closely links pyrography art with modern people's life, and has successively introduced gourd sachets, gourd lighters, gourd car pendants, gourd tea sets and gourd necklaces. At present, he can sell 50,000 or 60,000 gourds, large and small, and has his own studio offline. He opened a shop of "Tales of Datang Gourd" in the city that never sleeps in Datang, and there are online stores on all major Internet short video platforms, which not only achieved the purpose of selling gourds, but also allowed more non-legacy lovers to buy their beloved gourds pyrography works of art.

Gourd pyrography has been passed down for hundreds of years, which has its unique artistic charm and gives people an ancient, simple and elegant artistic enjoyment with endless aftertaste. Pei will also do his best to let more people know and love this traditional intangible skill in China!

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