How do the inheritors of Vietnamese culture skillfully make lotus flowers in Shanghai Lotus Water Lily Exhibition?

On July 1 day, it was reported that Shen, the inheritor of Vietnamese cultural heritage, competed on the same stage with more than 3000 pots and more than 600 varieties of lotus and water lily at the 6th Shanghai Lotus and Water Lily Exhibition being held in Jiangnan Ancient Garden.

Shen said that this is his first time to show lotus flowers in China. He hoped that Vietnamese folk handicrafts would be loved by the people of China and promote cultural exchanges between the two countries.

In the exhibition hall, the single-petal and double-petal paper lotus stands proudly, pink, calyx green, lavender and white, or in bud, or in full bloom, or half withered, lifelike and graceful; In the meantime, a piece of green, yellow-green lotus leaves, or stretching, or rolling, with different postures, fresh and natural. The exquisite lotus art of Qingxian paper has attracted many tourists who love flowers to stop and comment.

"Old Chrysanthemum Withered Lotus" is his new work specially created for this exhibition in China. This pot of works naturally shows the life of the lotus, from the pointed lotus to the gorgeous blooming, and then to the sad beauty of the withered petals. Shen, who came to Shanghai with his father, is a new generation of descendants of Qingxian Paper Lotus. He told reporters that in the past eight years, while learning traditional skills, he innovated the production process of paper lotus and made it into "Qingxian lotus lamp". The 9 "Qingxian Lotus Lantern" on display symbolizes the everlasting friendship between China and Vietnam.

It is reported that, like the people of China, the beautiful and holy lotus is deeply loved by the Vietnamese people and is the national flower of Vietnam. Qingxian Village in Hue, Vietnam has been making paper flowers since the18th century, and it has a history of more than 300 years. Whenever the Spring Festival comes, the villagers in Qingxian county will form flowers with paper to worship their ancestors and create a festive atmosphere. Later, making paper flowers became a famous handicraft. "The lotus in the altar is the most beautiful, with yellow core and yellow core, and flowers in the green leaves. Close to the mud but not muddy ",this is a poem praising the lotus in Qingxian Village, Hue, Vietnam.

Shen, who is in his seventies, began to make lotus flowers out of paper at the age of seven. Shen said that making a paper lotus requires many complicated and exquisite production links such as dyeing, indentation, petal sticking and flower folding. It is understood that the manual dyeing process requires great patience. Slowly brush out the gradient with a combination brush and let it dry for 3 to 5 hours.

At the Yiyuetang in Guyi Garden, Shen taught tourists how to make paper lotus flowers. I saw that he first used a special bamboo tube, silk thread and wooden axe to suppress neat petal creases; Then use special tools and glue to make the petals; Then, he glued each petal together alternately to make a lotus flower in bud. It is understood that if you want the lotus to bloom, you need to blow it carefully with a hair dryer. As a painter, Shen not only used rattan to make flower stems, but also carefully made lotus leaves, stamens and lotus stands to make paper lotus more realistic. At the scene, many tourists were impressed by the exquisite skills of the old craftsman and stopped for a long time, unwilling to leave.

Source: China News Network