Shandong commercial newspaper reporter Cao Jianmin
this a nearly ten meter paper cut rolls spent Jiang Qingshui a year in 2018 "cultural and Natural Heritage Day" Ji'nan In the city non material cultural heritage handicraft skill competition, the paper cutting work of "Qingming River map", which is nearly ten meters long, is particularly striking. The author uses his exquisite technique to make the life of all social strata in the suburb of Bian Jing in Northern Song Dynasty. The author of this paper-cut is Jiang Qingshui, a paper cut artist from Xihe village, sixteen Li He street.
once thought of paper-cut only with scissors
at the end of July, the sixteen Li River Village, built on the mountain, is much cooler than the city. Here is both Jiang Qingshui's home and his studio. More than ten pieces of paper cutting were posted on walls and doors and windows.
Jiang Qingshui was less than 60 years old this year, but the neighbourhood was cordially shouting his old ginger, and in many of his neighbors' homes, paper-cut works had been obtained from the old ginger.
paper-cut, ginger is full of joy. He said, this is the influence of his grandfather, when he was 18 years old, he began to study, especially good at wedding window. At that time, he was famous in the area of the sixteen Li River. Many young people got married and came to the small Jiang Qiu.
with the passage of time, Jiang Qingshui is more interested in paper cutting. Although it has not been trained by the system, he still uses scattered time to learn techniques, and also searches for creative inspiration through newspapers, pictorial books, photographs and so on. At the same time, he began to go out to participate in paper cutting activities and communicate with folk artists.
"I'm not afraid of your jokes. I didn't know that before I went out with my colleagues. Originally I thought that paper cutting only used scissors, but in fact not, apart from scissors and graver. Like carving, there are many kinds of knife. Paper cutting is a comprehensive art... "