Chongqing News
Foreign students collectively learn dough modelling
2018-07-11 10:33:03
CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- "Panda! I have only seen it on TV. They are so cute and pretty!" Recently, Jiulongpo Week continued to open at the Chongqing and the World Carnival. Chongqing dough model, Chinese knot, paper folding and other intangible cultural heritage cultures continued to attract the eyes of the public as Chinese and foreign people are invited. At the same time, the main venue welcomed more than 30 foreign students from Mexico, Laos, Bangladesh, Pakistan, etc. They liked the intangible cultural heritage culture. In dough model area, there were 12 foreign friends who collectively went to Mr. Tan Xianhua, the representative inheritor of Chongqing dough modelling and an outstanding folk craftsman to learn the method to model a panda.
Foreign students experience intangible cultural heritage, and they thought it was magical
“Dough modelling is amazing!” Looking at the pandas modelled in person by themselves, the students from Bangladesh said happily that they like Chongqing and like Chinese giant pandas so much.
On the scene of the Carnival, Tan Xianhua, the representative inheritor of Chongqing dough modelling and the outstanding folk craftsman, showed the dough modelling skills on the spot, and the Savage Five, Liu Bei, Huang Zhong and other figures that were modelled were more than vivid.
At 10 am on the same day, foreign students came to the event site. They were very fascinated by Tan Xianhua's dough model and went to experience. "Try and make a sphere!" The arrival of 12 foreign students made Tan Xianhua busy, and he distributed dough to them one by one.
"This time I will teach foreign friends to model a giant panda that is unique to China." Tan Xianhua showed foreign students the way to prepared the dough, the way to make the panda's body, eyes, feet, and bamboo leaves, in the meantime corrected their poses. In about 20 minutes, under the guidance of Tan Xianhua, foreign students made a cute and lovely panda enjoying a bamboo.
"Chinese knot" and the craft of paper folding are highly popular
At the carnival scene, foreign students are also pursuing the "Chinese knot" and the craft of paper folding. Huang Gang is a master of Chongqing folk craftsperson from Jiulongpo, a paper folding artist who can fold furniture such as tables and benches, as well as dinosaurs, grasshoppers and other animals. At the scene, Huang Gang patiently taught Chinese and foreign friends to stack puppies together. Everyone looked at the hand-made works they had personally completed and took a group photo. (Translated by Yang Lifu, Fathom Language Limited)
Editor:Jiang Yiwei