The Baoshan district of Shanghai, is located in the north suburb of Shanghai, the Yangtze River in the north, the East China Sea in the east, in the south near the Huangpu River and it is the modern iron and steel base and ports. Special geographic conditions, long history, source of culture and the development of modernization makes the traditional folk art constantly learn and blend in the elements of modern art. Therefore, Baoshan folk art has continued inheritance and development.
By various Baoshan folk lantern, the unique charm of colored drawing or pattern dragon boat, plain and straightforward fishing community cooking range painting and other colorful traditional folk forms deposit Baoshan folk art background and prepare for the formation and development of the modern folk art accumulated steam power. The rise and development of Baoshan blow molding prints inherit the excellent tradition of the folk art essence, continuation and development of the traditional folk art. Baoshan blow molding prints are developed in the printmaking courses of materials and techniques.
Baoshan blowing molding prints(吹塑版画) are developed in materials and techniques for printing in the process of research. It is an important part of Shanghai culture. Prints as indirect painting, its characteristics are related to production materials and tools. Material determines the use of means and screen the final results, different material properties determine the different basic aspects to print. In order to break through the restriction of traditional materials for print effect, based on the research of the various materials with the test, they found that blow molding paper is another feature of print materials. It can fold, carve, cut and rub. The characteristics of the printmaking creation has opened up a new world.
Baoshan blow molding prints as a new carrier of the traditional folk painting made folk painting escaped from constraints of the traditional form and joined the modern people's concept and modern life breath, made the folk art coruscate new vitality.
Baoshan district attaches great importance to blow molding of printmaking creation, all kinds of blow molding engraving activities, which are held every year to improve citizen accomplishment and prosperity. It is one of the measures of community culture. In the past two decades, the art teacher Gong Gandi in Baoshan district cultural center often deep into the villages and towns, streets, schools to counselling, through holding workshops to promote blow molding printing.
Baoshan blow molding of printmaking creation techniques was placed in the nine-year compulsory education in grade one of junior high school textbooks. In 2000, Baoshan blowing molding prints was named one of the "100 treasures" of Shanghai suburbs. In order to learn other folk painting and the advantages of good organization method, in 1993, 2002 and 2006, Baoshan district organizations held three session of the Chinese modern folk painting and invited the country more than 30 folk art villages which were granted by a ministry to communicate, thus further develop Baoshan folk painting and provide a good experience.
Baoshan district and Baoshan district Yang Hang town were respectively in 1991 and 1996 named by the ministry of culture as "the hometown of modern Chinese folk painting" and "the hometown of Chinese folk art (blow molding prints)".
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