Guo Haibo Let the cold iron plate glow with a warm glow

Mondo Health Updated on 2024-02-10

Guo Haibo, a master of Chinese arts and crafts and the inheritor of the Hebei Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Project "Guo's Iron Plate Relief": Let the cold iron plate glow with warm brilliance.

*Filming: Tian Tian, Ma Huibo.

At about 18 o'clock on February 9, the reporter came to Shijiazhuang Xiangyun International Community, where Guo Haibo, a master of Chinese arts and crafts and the inheritor of the Hebei provincial intangible cultural heritage project "Guo's iron plate relief", lived.

On February 9, Guo Haibo (center) and his family had a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. Photo by Hebei ** reporter Tian Tian.

In the reunion atmosphere of thousands of lights, what kind of Chinese New Year's Eve dinner will Guo Haibo, an artist who has been busy all year long, his wife Guo Rong and daughter Guo Mohan prepare? Follow the reporter to listen to the story of the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner of the non-genetic inheritors, and feel the "warm temperature" in the "hard art".

When I stepped into Guo Haibo's house, the family was busy making dumplings, and a big fish was stewed in the pot in the kitchen. There are many steaming dishes on the table, a simple table meal, simple and warm.

On February 9, Guo Haibo (center) family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. Photo by Hebei ** reporter Tian Tian.

The reserved dish of our family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is it! Guo Haibo pointed to a plate of ordinary-looking sour and spicy shredded potatoes and told reporters its story. Guo Haibo, who grew up in Zhangjiakou, has a soft spot for shredded potatoes because of the abundance of potatoes in his hometown.

During the conversation, the dumplings were wrapped and the big fish was stewed. Boil water, serve dumplings, serve fish and dumplings, and the meal of Chinese New Year's Eve is officially ready. Guo Haibo's family of three sat together and enjoyed themselves.

On February 9, Guo Haibo (center) and his family were making dumplings. Photo by Hebei ** reporter Tian Tian.

In fact, for our family, the New Year is no different from usual, and we used to eat a simple Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the studio while banging and beating. I'm used to being busy, and I can't be idle. Knowing that the reporter was coming to interview on Chinese New Year's Eve, Guo Haibo specially "moved" the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner from the studio into his home.

Let the cold iron plate move people's hearts", this is Guo Haibo's artistic pursuit of iron plate relief. With the craftsman spirit of tempering and continuous innovation, he sublimated the iron plate relief technique.

On February 9, Guo Haibo's family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. Photo by Hebei ** reporter Tian Tian.

Last year, Guo Haibo and his daughter Guo Mohan held more than 100 cultural activities to benefit the people at Guo Haibo's Folklore Studio in Wanli Temple, Shijiazhuang. In addition to the event, Guo Haibo created two large-scale iron plate relief works "The Hope of the Mountain People" and "God Bless China", as well as some small colored bronze relief works that symbolize auspiciousness, such as "Two Dragons Playing with Pearls", "Cloud Dragon Playing with Pearls", "Dragon Pan Jade Pillar", "Auspicious Celebration" and so on.

This year is the Year of the Dragon, a very important symbol in traditional Chinese culture, and the shape of the dragon has gathered the characteristics of the beast. I hope that through the work of "Two Dragons Playing with Pearls", I will bless my dear motherland and take off like a dragon. Guo Haibo said.

From the beginning of the year to the end of the year, creating iron plate reliefs is the joy of Guo Haibo's father and daughter. In this new year, Guo Haibo and his daughter Guo Mohan will devote themselves to new creations.

New Year, New Wishes] Guo Haibo: Thank you for your recognition and attention to the iron plate relief, and my daughter Guo Mohan and I will strive to create more and better iron plate relief works in the future, so that intangible cultural heritage will shine with new brilliance in the new era.

Hebei ** reporter Tian Tian).

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