Seventy and unfinished descendants handed down the knife and ploughed the Buddha statues.
China Network Taiyuan January (reporter Wang Xuetao) when people immersed in the joy of the new year's arrival, Guo Chengbao was intoxicated in his own In the works of clay sculpture, he ponder and contemplate, sometimes he adds a few knives. He said he was shaping up a Mount Wutai monk and had to satisfy the other party.
folk art can not be separated from the market. In this regard, Guo Chengbao, a successor to the intangible heritage statues of Shanxi Province, is deeply aware of this. He studied clay sculpture with folk artists from a young age, and handed down dozens of boxes of pigments, which was handed down by Cao Jing Yi, a good master of Qing Dynasty Daoguang for twenty-two years. A bag of mineral pigments read "stone green, ochre, Garcinia, big blue, two yellow" and so on.
during the cultural revolution, he also studied with the famous painter Li Qun and improved his skills. Later, he made a living by making slogans and designing stage sets.
until after the reform and opening up, with the development of tourism and the repair and protection of cultural relics, Guo Chengbao finally picked up the dreamed of clay sculpture. For more than thirty years, he has been running in the north and south of the river, sculpting a statue and participating in the restoration of a cultural relic. In
1999, Guo Chengbao was well known after receiving the magic hand. In the hometown of Suxi village, Lingshi, Shanxi, there is a Millennium Temple in the vicinity of Suxi village in Lingshi, which is famous for its 18 clay sculptures in the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, in 1993, several thieves saw the sale of eighteen arhat heads, causing the cultural relics to flow overseas. Fortunately, Taiwan businessman Chen Yongtai bought it back and donated it to the temple of merit. "
" at that time everyone was worried about Rohan's head, and I had a master pigments handed down by the master, so I volunteered to repair the eighteen Rohan statues free of charge. " Guo Chengbao said, after more than 4 months of struggle, the eighteen Rohan image has been restored, and people have praised "seamless and seamless integration".
indeed, traditional plastic art is very particular. When Guo Chengbao was studying with his master, he used to remember 72 recipes and 108 processes dedicated to clay sculpture. He said, for example, that in the repair of the eighteen Rohan images, the mud like the head connected to the body needed to be treated with insecticide and steel, and the mud was a thousand years of mud under the spring. After adding a proper amount of Chinese medicine, the mud was strong and solid, not disintegrating, and the mud like coloring was a mineral pigment that never changed color.
however, due to the cumbersome process of traditional plastic painting and expensive materials, there are few opportunities for real use. "Because of the time and cost reasons, modern color painting is not long lasting, so it simplifies both process and material selection." Guo Chengbao said helplessly.
as the fourteenth generation of local clay sculptures, Guo Chengbao trained five or six apprentices these years, but as the statue of the clay sculpture is manual labor, it also needs to run in the north and south of the world. However, Guo Chengbao did not give up. He started training new disciples at the age of 70.
"this work is handed down from generation to generation, no matter whether there is a market or not. As long as I am able to move, I will carry on with my apprentice. " Guo Chengbao said, "we must learn and remember, and will certainly be useful in the future".
at Guo Chengbao's house, the reporter saw his article about "unique skills". He said that there are fewer and fewer artists who can use traditional techniques to make large statues of Buddha, hoping that people can learn the essence and develop their skills.
"clay sculpture made by traditional technology is guaranteed to remain unchanged for thousands of years as long as no water is encountered." Guo Chengbao said that the ancient Chinese temples were painted for over 160 years, with only a few masterpieces. Today, we need to rescue it, inherit it and continue the ancient civilization.