Wheat straw sticker

Wheat straw painting is a kind of folk art that has been dyed and dyed wheat straw and cut into paintings. Its history is short, only 60 years or so, and it was produced in Chaozhou City.

Wheat straw paintings are divided into two types: natural color and color printing. The original wheat straw craftwork originally appeared in the form of weaving. In the old days of Qingming, the countrymen used freshly harvested wheat stalks to weave baskets, gongs, tables, chairs, sedan chairs, fans, horses, and other craft pieces and sell them to the grave-sweepers in the countryside. In 1956, Qiu Qiuquan created a stained wheat stalk painting, which allowed wheat straw craftsmanship to enter a new period of development. He began to draw colored straw paintings: he dyed wheat straw with various colors and consciously produced subtle shades of light, and then based on The requirements of the pattern, clever use of various types of tools for cutting, so that the film, line, point play a reflective role of wheat straw in the match, resulting in a special artistic mood. From the true color to the development process of color registration, artists first perceived the skill of wheat straw craftsmanship, strong performance, various styles, delicate embroidery, the charm of Chinese painting, the richness of oil painting and the clearness of watercolor, meticulous brushwork and freehand brushwork Born, regardless of the performance of figures, flowers, landscapes, copying paintings and photographs of Linyi, can vividly vivid and colorful.

Since the 1970s, Chaozhou wheat stalk paintings have grown to 30 to 40 varieties, including large screens, hanging screens, small pictures, New Year's cards, bookmarks, photo cards, pocket boxes, tea boxes, jewelry, Christmas hangings, and all kinds of gifts. Box and so on. In this stage, the straw stalk paintings can be divided into two types: plane and three-dimensional, and the use can be divided into appreciation of exhibits and appreciation of real products. Appreciate the exhibits including screens, hanging screens, calendar boards, bookmarks, greeting cards, antique small prints, and imitation stamps, such as the opening of the small color cards, etc. Such products in 1978 created a large screen as a representative. Appreciate the real thing has a variety of three-dimensional shape of the box, frame, four treasures and small hanging toys. Boxes are used in a variety of jewelry boxes, and there are various Christmas themes for animals and angels. At the time of production, various patterns of straw straw pieces are pasted on paper or plastic embryos, and then dried by spraying to form beautiful and delicate products. In 1980, artist Lin Lifei was invited to Hong Kong to participate in the "Special Exhibition of Guangdong Province Special Arts and Crafts". She performed as a cut-and-paste performance. His skillful skills were praised by the local audience as a god. In the artist’s magical hands, the original straw stalks become Jinjianyuye and Caixia neon, so that the house on the painting screen is magnificent, the mountains and rivers are magnificent, the butterflies move in the flowers, and the birds fly in the treetops. Characters and beasts are also full of life and interest. Known as the half-relief of Songcha Yannian in the Chaozhou wheat straw painting masterpiece, more than 10 red-crowned cranes inhabit the land between the pines and trees, or flutter their wings to fly, or stand on their heads. , 嘎 长 长 嘎 嘎 嘎 呼 呼 呼 呼 嘎 嘎 嘎 嘎 嘎 嘎 嘎 嘎 嘎 梅 梅 梅 梅 梅. The large-screen screen uses wheat stalk primary colors to interact with shades and shades of light and shade, and is lined with maroon velvet, with plum blossoms as lace, which looks resplendent and elegant. The work was once selected as a national arts and crafts exhibition and was later displayed in Paris. In addition, Du Yingbao's "Flower and Bird Screen" was also displayed at the Moscow World Youth Festival Plastic Arts Exhibition.

The wheat straw painting, this kind of exquisite style, embroidered embroidery style, brushstrokes of Chinese painting, colorful watercolors and colorful oil paintings, has its own unique style of art. It has become a unique craftsmanship in Chaoshan. The development of any art and the creation of a new process must go through an arduous process. Lin Lifei, a craftsman who is obsessed with this art, wrote several thesis such as “The Wheat Straw Dyeing Process” and “Preliminary Study on the Color of Wheat Stalk Stickers”, and developed a “turf” bleaching formula to solve the long-term intractable problem of bleaching turf mildew. The problems of the point include the study of wheat straw color characteristics, the use of four elements of wheat straw color, wheat straw color techniques, wheat straw color design, and the use of color coordinate table, and theorization of wheat straw painting technology.

The special technique of wheat straw painting is adding a touch of beauty to the National Folk Art Center.