Chen Zihao

Chen Zihao

Chen Zihao, formerly known as Chen Zhao, was born in Lushan, Henan Province, and now lives in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. He is a master of Chinese folk paper-cut and paper tearing art. He is known as the "Central Plains God scissors" and "a unique Chinese hand paper tearing art". Representative works of paper cutting《

Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival

》"The 100 meter Olympics" and "the mouse gets married" etc.

Character experience

member of Henan Folk Artists Association, member of Henan paper-cut Association, engaged in folk paper-cut art for more than 30 years, with profound foundation and exquisite technology. He has won the first prize of Henan paper-cut competition, the special prize of Henan Light Industry College art competition, and the second prize of Henan farmer painting and calligraphy competition. He is now a special teacher of North China University of water conservancy, Henan TV station and Zhengzhou TV station It has been reported by Taiwan, Dahe Daily, Dongfang Jinbao, Zhengzhou evening news and other media, Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao, Macao overseas Chinese daily, China collection Jianbao magazine and Central Literature Publishing House. His works "Jinling twelve hairpins" and "Water Margin 100 single Eight Generals" have been collected by Zhengzhou Archives Bureau, 20 meters "mouse married" works have been collected by Henan Museum, "100 meters Olympic" works have been collected by Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, "Qingming River map" has been collected by a company boss at a high price, and has been praised as "Central Plains God scissors" and "Chinese hand tearing paper unique" by art circles. At present, he is the tutor of Chinese International Education in Zhengzhou University.

Characters and deeds

Paper cutting art 1, cutting the world with a pair of scissors he began to contact paper cutting art at the age of 7, and his first teacher was his grandmother. "Grandma has a good skill in paper cutting." Chen Zihao said that as a result, he was obsessed with paper cutting since he was a child. He couldn't sleep without cutting something every day. Year after year, day after day, Chen Zihao's paper-cut has become a well-known skilful hand in the village. Many villagers will ask Chen Zihao for a few pieces of paper-cut for weddings and festivals, which makes Chen Zihao happy. What he didn't expect was that Chen Zihao was obsessed with paper cutting, but she couldn't get his wife's understanding and support. Her wife thought that Chen Zihao didn't do his job properly and left him in the third year after marriage. Just that year, a fire broke out in Chen Zihao's house. His house and all his belongings were reduced to ashes. His grandmother was also killed in the fire. Chen Zihao, who has fallen into the bottom of his life, left home in the face of the changes in his life. Chen Zihao, who has been wandering in Yunnan and other provinces for ten years, returned to Henan in 2003. However, Chen Zihao never gave up his ideal life. "A piece of paper-cut costs one or two yuan, and it costs ten or twenty yuan every day, barely taking care of life." Chen Zihao said that every night, he would set up stalls to sell paper-cut in the streets of Zhengzhou. Although his life was very difficult, when the scissors were flying, it was also his most fulfilling and happiest time. In May 2006, Chen Zihao won the special prize in the paper cutting competition organized by Zhengzhou Institute of light industry. Later, some universities and technical secondary schools in Zhengzhou competed to invite Chen Zihao to hold an exhibition of his paper-cut works. In June 2006, the Youth League Committee of North China University of water resources and hydropower specially appointed Chen Zihao as the instructor of the calligraphy and Painting Association, who regularly taught paper cutting skills to college students. He came to the University platform by paper cutting. Chen Zihao, who just took root in Zhengzhou, set up a paper-cut studio in malizhuang, north ring. "Let more people know about paper-cut art and learn about it." Chen Zihao said that there are more than 200 of his students, all of whom teach paper-cut art for free. For these students, he has only one requirement, hoping that the art of paper cutting will be passed on from generation to generation in their hands. Chen Zihao's paper-cut art has a distinctive artistic style, he told reporters that the most difficult breakthrough of folk paper-cut art is the character's face and expression. Therefore, he pays great attention to the details of the characters' faces, especially the eyes and facial contours. He spent nearly three months just completed the "Water Margin" 108 will "large-scale paper-cut, let people see the admiration. "Paper tearing art" is a new form of paper-cut art evolved from the folk paper-cut art in our country. It is created by the famous folk paper-cut artist Mr. Chen Zihao through years of research, practice and invention. He uses ingenious "folding" and "tearing" techniques to complete the creation of works. A complete set of paper tearing calligraphy works can be completed without using any creative tools, which is unprecedented in the past. It is really "handmade". Chen Zihao's "calligraphy" works are not only unique in technique, but also exquisite in strokes, alternating between lines and spirits. If you don't look at them closely, they are just a "brush and splash ink" calligraphy work, which can be compared with "real calligraphy". This wonderful invention was praised as "one of the best in China and the only one among the people" by famous Chinese painting and calligraphy experts. Chen Zihao has been learning paper-cut techniques with his grandmother since he was a child. He is an authentic inheritor of folk paper-cut art. In the past 30 years, no matter what influence he has encountered, he has never given up his pursuit of paper-cut art. His long-term experience and solid foundation make him skillful in the process of paper-cut. In addition to winning the first prize of Henan paper-cut competition, his works have also been accepted by Henan paper-cut experts Collected by the Provincial Museum. However, in order to better pass on the skills left by his ancestors and effectively carry forward the folk paper-cut art, he seems to feel "insufficient nutrition" in the creative field of his long-term life in the countryside, so he simply moved from a remote and backward small village in the middle of Henan Province to Zhengzhou, the provincial capital city with strong cultural atmosphere. The environment of life and creation has changed. His paper-cut art is more professional, broader vision and higher ideological realm! During this period, influenced by the advanced culture, Chen Zihao not only created a series of award-winning works of art with the flavor of the times, such as "Olympic 100 meter scroll", "mouse getting married", "Grand View circle", "great man Mao Zedong", but also was employed as a teacher by many universities, such as North China University of water conservancy, realizing the dream of farmers standing in the university lecture hall.

personal honor

In January 2006, he held a paper-cut art exhibition in Zhengzhou Institute of light industry. In May 2006, he was employed as the instructor of "calligraphy and Painting Association" of North China Vocational College of water conservancy and hydropower. In May 2006, he won the special prize in the paper-cut competition held by Zhengzhou Institute of light industry. In November 2007, he won the honorary title of "artists around us" in the paper-cut art exhibition held by Zhengzhou Institute of Aeronautics. In September 2009, he was promoted in Huiji District of the Communist Party of China He won the second prize in the calligraphy and painting photography competition held by the Ministry of communication, Huiji district education, culture and Sports Bureau and Huiji District calligraphy and painting Photographers Association to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the people's Republic of China. On August 18, 2010, he won the excellent prize in the "cross strait" Central Plains Culture Taiwan native "calligraphy and painting art exchange exhibition. In addition, he was also awarded by Henan News newspaper, Zhengzhou daily, Zhengzhou evening news, Dahe news, Dongfang today news and cultural times In March 2014, he was employed by Henan Zhengzhou University as a master's tutor of Chinese international education.

Appreciation of works

1. Appreciation of color paper-cut characters and landscape works; 2. Appreciation of primary color paper-cut works; 3. Appreciation of hand torn paper-cut works

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