Jimu News reporter Wang Jun.
Photojournalist Zou Bin.
Correspondent: Liu Lian.
The beard should be thickened a little more, and the upper strand of hair should be carved into the details. Hu Zuolin looked at Xiang Liu's works attentively. Under his guidance, a pinch of yellow mud, after pinching, rubbing, repairing, carving, and repairing, a historical figure was vividly reproduced.
On the afternoon of December 7th, the Jimu News reporter walked into the "Clay Man Hu" clay sculpture art studio in the Liuyun Museum in Dijiao Park, Jiang'an District, Wuhan City, and the lifelike clay sculpture works were neatly placed and displayed in an orderly manner.
Clay sculpture, commonly known as colored sculpture and clay play, is an ancient and common folk art in China. Clay sculptures are made of clay as raw materials, hand-kneaded into shapes, plain or colored, and mainly made of people and animals. In 2006, the clay sculpture was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
When it comes to "mud man hu", it is quite famous in Wuhan and even the whole country. Born in 1959 in Huangpi, the hometown of clay sculpture, he fell in love with clay sculpture art under the influence of his parents. For more than 50 years, he has devoted himself to research and founded the "Sculpture Studio", and in tens of thousands of days and nights, each clay sculpture has "flesh and blood" in his hands and has a soul. The works have long been exported to all parts of the country, and its clay sculpture art has been included in the first batch of intangible cultural heritage projects in Wuhan.
Nowadays, he can pinch out a lifelike character image in more than ten minutes, and he can also blindly sculpt many characters and other works in his memory.
The reporter saw that in Hu Zuolin's clay sculpture studio, dozens of clay statues, large and small, were all lifelike. In the works, there are not only celebrity statues, such as Lei Feng, Newton, etc., but also clay statues of ordinary people. Different characters, but all equally realistic. Hu Zuolin said that when creating, you need to pour out your feelings. "Before you sculpt a figure, it's important to communicate with him and understand his personality. In order to capture the typical demeanor that reflects the character of the character like taking a photo. ”
Hu Zuolin said that before this, due to the small publicity, clay sculpture once became an unpopular art, people feel that the future of hard work is not big, therefore, there are few people who learn Xi clay sculpture, but in recent years, traditional culture has been more and more valued by people, and a lot of support has been given.
In June this year, the relevant departments of Jiang'an District provided Hu Zuolin with a free space of 10 square meters in Dijiao Park as his teaching and creation base.
For Hu Zuolin, it has become his mission and responsibility to make the traditional intangible cultural heritage skills come alive, so that more people who like clay sculpture can benefit from it, and let the traditional culture better rejuvenate and vitality.
In recent years, with the support of various departments in Jiang'an District, Hu Zuolin introduced the clay sculpture course into the campus, which has become a characteristic course of many primary schools. "Clay sculptures carry the Tao with objects, and their production contains a profound and profound Chinese cultural spirit. In order to enhance the students' interest, Hu Zuolin incorporated the unique attributes of Chinese culture into his clay sculptures, such as red education and traditional culture.
No matter how old you are, if you are interested, you can also come to my studio to experience and Xi. I'm sure when they grow up, there will always be some of them who will like the industry. Hu Zuolin said expectantly. He seized every opportunity to promote clay sculpture skills, and this year alone, he participated in more than 20 intangible cultural heritage activities in schools, communities, venues and scenic spots.
In Hu Zuolin's studio, students can often be seen learning Xi. Xiang Liu is a native of Huangpi from Hu Zuolin, who just apprenticed in September this year, and as a local folk artist, she has been engaged in the creation of sugar paintings and noodle figures for many years. "There are some similarities between the noodle figures, the sugar paintings and the clay sculptures, but for me the latter is more difficult. Although the Xi has not been studied for a long time, Xiang Liu has made rapid progress under the hand-to-hand transmission of the clay figure Teacher Hu, and she said that she looks forward to becoming the next non-genetic inheritor of clay sculpture under the guidance of Teacher Hu.
Since 2006, with apprentices, Hu Zuolin's ** has 46, including primary school students and nearly seventy years of old people, this batch of talented ** scattered throughout the country, they take the inheritance of "clay man" skills as an opportunity, spare no effort to promote traditional culture in the new era of brilliance. Some of them have become municipal-level intangible cultural heritage inheritors, and some have started businesses in other places and become well-known arts and crafts masters.
* The more you have, the more you can carry forward this line of work. Hu Zuolin said that now some young people are more impetuous, but learning Xi clay sculpture requires patience and hardship, to learn the skills of Xi and clay, to paint well, we must continue to learn Xi knowledge, to have patience, in order to depict the clay sculpture more full, in order to make people feel the story behind it.
As for his future goals, Hu Zuolin said that he also wants to train at least two more inheritors of intangible cultural heritage. At present, we are still waiting for someone to be destined.
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