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Zhangbei Tianbao Nasutu Grassland Tourist Resort is located in Zhangjiakou · Zhangbei ", 5 kilometers west of Zhangbei, 45 kilometers away from Zhangjiakou City, and 230 kilometers away from Beijing. At that time, it was the place where Genghis Khan fought against the Jin army to garrison troops. Later, Emperor Wuzong of the Yuan Dynasty, the great grandson of Kublai Khan, built the Central Capital of the Yuan Dynasty. This place has become a resort for royal families to spend their holidays, keep fit, and travel in the summer.
2021-09-15
Yuxian paper-cut
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2022-07-28 17:44
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Yuxian County, located in the northwest of Hebei Province, is famous for its paper-cut production. Yuxian paper-cut, also known as "window flower", is a traditional decorative art among the local people. It has a history of more than 200 years. The initial patterns are mostly auspicious patterns like flowers. Later, they were integrated into the artistic characteristics of Tianjin willow youth painting and Wuqiang New Year painting, forming their own unique style. Through the joint research of Liu Laobu and other paper-cut artists, the creation tools were reformed. Part of the patterns were carved in batches instead of single cutting, which improved Yuxian paper-cut technology. At the beginning of the 20th century, driven by artists such as Wang Laoshang, Wang Shouye and Zhou Yongming, the style of Yuxian paper-cut became more and more prominent. It went out of the general pattern of folk paper-cut and had a deeper humanistic connotation.
Yuxian paper-cut is a product of the civil society, but also a portrayal of people's life. It has a wide range of themes and varieties, including opera characters, opera masks, myths and legends, flowers, birds, fish and insects, poultry and livestock, auspicious birds and auspicious animals, etc. Yuxian paper-cut has both the rough and simple characteristics of northern folk paper-cut and the delicate and beautiful style of southern paper-cut. It is rich in color, strong contrast, strong sense of decoration, strong folk flavor, rich in charm and rhythm, presenting a charming, charming, simple and beautiful artistic charm, which is favored by the world.
In the folk paper-cut art arena with a wide range of categories, Yuxian paper-cut is unique in its artistic style with full composition, vivid shape, gorgeous colors and unique craftsmanship. It is mainly made of intaglio, supplemented by intaglio, combining yin and yang, and reusing multi-color dot dyeing and color painting to achieve the effect of artistic expression and common appreciation. On May 20, 2006, Yuxian paper-cut was approved by the State Council of the People's Republic of China to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists, numbered Ⅶ - 16. Yuxian paper-cut museum is mainly used for exhibition, research and creation of paper-cut at home and abroad and other traditional culture and folk collection exhibitions. After the establishment of Yuxian paper-cut museum, the works of paper cutting masters such as Wang Laoshang and Zhou Yongming have been collected, but they have already died in inheritance.
Related inheritors
Zhou Zhaoming, male, was born in May 1935. On June 5, 2007, Zhou Zhaoming was selected as the representative inheritor of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage projects and declared by Yuxian County, Hebei Province.

Zhou Guang, male, was born in November 1955. On December 20, 2012, Zhou Guang was selected as the representative inheritor of the fourth batch of national intangible cultural heritage projects and declared by Yuxian County, Hebei Province.

Zhou Shuying, female, was born in November 1964. On December 20, 2012, Zhou Shuying was selected as the representative inheritor of the fourth batch of national intangible cultural heritage projects and declared by Yuxian County, Hebei Province.

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Zhangbei Tianbao Nasutu Grassland Tourism Resort
Zhangbei Tianbao Nasutu Grassland Tourist Resort is located in Zhangjiakou · Zhangbei ", 5 kilometers west of Zhangbei, 45 kilometers away from Zhangjiakou City, and 230 kilometers away from Beijing. At that time, it was the place where Genghis Khan fought against the Jin army to garrison troops. Later, Emperor Wuzong of the Yuan Dynasty, the great grandson of Kublai Khan, built the Central Capital of the Yuan Dynasty. This place has become a resort for royal families to spend their holidays, keep fit, and travel in the summer.
2021-09-15