Ma Jianqiang, Ningqiang County, Shaanxi: 手 手

In the summer of the summer, the southern Shaanxi land, the sun and the cicada. Every morning, Ma Jianqiang, the "post -70s" in Ningqiang County, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province, came early to the Qiang's wheat straw painting room in the Ningqiang Qiang Cultural Expo Garden early to start making wheat stalk paintings.

Ma Jianqiang is making wheat straw paintings

Ma Jianqiang is preparing to make wheat stalks with wheat stalks, etc.

Ma Jianqiang's parents are making wheat straw paintings

Ma Jianqiang's parents are communicating with Ma Jianqiang's production skills

"From the end of last year to the beginning of this year, I spent nearly 200,000 yuan before setting up this studio decoration. In March of this year, I officially moved the studio from home. The weather was very hot these days. Come to make for a while. Making a small stalk painting can make a lot of vice a day, and make a large amount of wheat straw painting for one or two days, as many as two or three months. The price is from tens of yuan to thousands of yuan Wait. "On the morning of July 8th, Ma Jianqiang said to the author while making wheat straw paintings," Although affected by the new crown pneumonia's epidemic, there are very few tourists visiting the Ningqiang Qiang Cultural Expo Park, and the straw paintings we make are not. A few pieces are sold, but we must persist. Because this is the craftsmanship passed down from generation to generation ... "

Ma Jianqiang's masterpiece of wheat straw paintings "Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest"

Ma Jianqiang is introducing wheat straw paintings to customers

Ma Jianqiang is introducing wheat straw paintings to customers

Ma Jianqiang, 44, is a man in Hanyuan Street in Ningqiang County. Although his parents are diligent, kind, simple, and authentic farmers, they are different from other farmers: they are clever and decayed into legend, and they have made folk craftsmen who have been painting for more than 50 years. The stalks that are slightly insignificant and abandoned by most people are produced, soaked, bleached, fumigated, scraped, ironed, drawing, scissors, ironing, combination, mounting, etc., and produced. Successfully, exquisite, wonderful flowers, birds, insects and fish, famous monuments, and various characters such as all kinds of people. Under the influence of his parents, Ma Jianqiang and his brother have loved wheat straw paintings since childhood.

Ma Jianqiang is introducing wheat straw paintings to customers

"More than fifty years ago, I was only twenty years old, and I started to learn to make wheat straw paintings with my father -in -law. Remember at that time, my father -in -law and mother -in -law, including my wife, would make wheat stalk paintings. We usually participate in large collectives. Outside of labor, as soon as I have time, I have made wheat stalk paintings with my father -in -law, mother -in -law and others. For more than 50 years, there are countless wheat straw paintings we made. Although I can't sell a few dollars, this is a craftsmanship . One more craft, there is one more way to eat. "Ma Jianqiang's father, Ma Qinglong, introduced to the author with a smile," Under our influence, my three children have learned to make wheat straw paintings. The only young son Ma Jianqiang was made by making wheat straw paintings. The other two only had orders or some people invited to make ... "

It is understood that it is exquisite and gorgeous, full of three -dimensional sense, and has high appreciation value and collection value. The straw painting with a history of nearly two thousand years is a unique intangible cultural heritage in Ningqiang County and even China. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, wheat straw paintings began to appear in the Central Plains of my country, and it was popular in the Tang Dynasty, Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties. After the continuous efforts and improvement of the vents and artisans in the calendar, wheat straw paintings have become a complete art form and a carrier representing traditional Chinese culture. However, because of the fine and complicated craftsmanship of wheat straw painting, there is no skilled skills and durable determination, and the market is downturn, and it is difficult to develop in this field.

Ma Jianqiang's family holding a picture of wheat straw paintings

"Although I have learned the skills of wheat straw painting since I was a child, I often learned to communicate with people online, but it is still difficult to maintain my livelihood in the production of wheat straw painting. I had the idea of ​​giving up, but later I thought that wheat straw paintings were an extremely elegant art. Parents spared no effort to pass this skill to me. Painting, I also taught my wife to make with me, and sometimes teach my son, at least let him like wheat straw paintings. "Ma Jianqiang said," I have to inherit the straw paintings and continue to innovate. The production of the wheat straw paintings is relatively rough, the color is a bit monotonous, and the styles are not many. I have grown up and make up in this regard. Today, it is made not only flowers, birds, insects and fish, but also famous monuments and local iconic buildings. Many of my straw paintings are made according to the needs of customers and orders. The materials are both inlaid on the wooden board and inlaid on the activated carbon plate; there are both mounting and not mounting. Tiannuo Handmade Art Co., Ltd. 'specially researched, produced, sold the Dai -stir -straw paintings, and exported the production of wheat straw paintings to Kunshan, Wenzhou in Zhejiang, Fuzhou, Fujian, Guangzhou and Shenzhen in Jiangsu through direct sales and networks In addition, I also like to process, sell and collect strange stones such as Ningqiang coral jade ... "

Ma Jianqiang is introducing the strange stone he collects for his customers

Ma Jianqiang said that as a folk craftsman, he will continue to strengthen artistic accomplishment in the future and actively explore new ideas for the development of wheat straw paintings. While inheriting the skills, combining with culture, continuous innovation, and integrating the outstanding traditional culture and modern ideas of the motherland. Promote the spirit of the craftsmanship of the great powers, and mostly produce boutiques for the people. (Wu Tianwen)

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