The intangible art of the ancient post road in South Guangdong is integrated with the spirit of gambling on flowers to cure everything.

On the afternoon of August 4th, the long-awaited " Post Road Intangible Heritage Series Activities-Decals" finally started. In Jinmaofu, Pearl River, the organizing committee of "Art Road Study Tour" and Ye Wanhong, an expert in flower cultivation in Lingnan, presented an intangible cultural feast for nearly 100 parents and children.

In order to let children and parents better understand the theme of the activity, Mr. Zhu, the consultant of the "Art Road Tour" contest, made a simple interpretation of the ancient post road in Nanyue before the activity, combining with the interesting things on the Qi 'ao ancient road in Zhongshan, which is the characteristic tour route of the Art Road Tour. Listening to the explanation, the children were attracted by the unique drunken dragon dance and immersed in the wonderful intangible culture along the ancient post road.

Subsequently, Mr. Zhu awarded Mr. Ye Wanhong the certificate of "Senior Cultural Envoy for Studying in the Art Road". Teacher Ye's dedication will inject inexhaustible power into the rise of the ancient post road culture in South Guangdong.

Tutor profile: Ye Wanhong, creator of gambling. Senior member of the International Flower Betting Association, who has passed the primary, intermediate and advanced certification of the International Flower Betting Association. Representative work: "Droplet Rose Bouquet" participated in the 20 17 Beijing International Flower and Plant Design Festival.

This time, Mr. Ye also carefully produced two flower-walking works with the theme of the latter elements, and presented them to the Organizing Committee of the Art Road Study Tour and the Pearl River Jinmao House as a commemoration of the event. The flowers of the two works come from pansies carefully cultivated by the teacher, which respectively express the different ancient post road cultures in the eyes of Teacher Ye.

On the post road, the afterglow of the setting sun permeates the scenery of Gu Xiang, and the shade is mottled with grey walls. The breeze is blowing pansy, telling passers-by over and over again the prosperity of the postal road in the past. The newly pulled willow branches outside the blue tile spit out tender leaves, and that touch of bright green is like today's ancient post road: it is not afraid of the precipitation of years, but also full of vitality and vitality.

As an important channel for trade, economic and cultural exchanges between ancient Lingnan and Central Plains, Post Road witnessed the homesickness of many wanderers. They all say, "I miss my relatives twice during the festive season." In ancient times, business travelers on the post road looked at the bright moon in the sky, would they think of their relatives at home? I only hope that the tidbits flying all over the sky will float to my hometown through the breeze to convey their concerns and thoughts.

Flower gambling originated from plant specimens. In the Victorian era of western Europe in the19th century, it was very popular among ladies and gentlemen in the upper class. They use it to decorate the cover of the Bible or make decorative paintings. Queen Victoria was a gambling artist, and later gradually developed into a folk society. Today, it has become an intangible culture on the ancient post road in South Guangdong. This art has given plants a second life and intoxicated countless people. Teacher Ye Wanhong is one of them.

According to teacher Ye Wanhong, flower gambling is to dehydrate, preserve color and emboss plants by physical and chemical methods, so as to make flat flowers. "Understand the nature and freeze the beauty"-this is the charm of gambling: the growth process of plants is fleeting, and the gambling process can well preserve the most beautiful state of plants. The materials for betting on flowers are not limited to flowers and plants, but also fruits and vegetables. "To make the works more realistic, we must first understand nature and understand the texture and laws of everything."

In fact, to complete a "living flower betting work", we must go through four steps: planting flowers, betting flowers, picking flowers and creating. However, due to time constraints, more than 50 children experienced the last link creation. After receiving the flowers, the children were in no hurry to create under the guidance of Teacher Ye. First of all, feel the beauty of flowers and appreciate nature wholeheartedly. Every different plant has its own unique colors, shapes and lines, which are all creative materials endowed by nature.

Later, under the guidance of Teacher Ye, the children were very excited to create. Some combine several kinds of flowers into new objects, and some split a kind of flowers into several parts and reassemble them. Some of these more than 50 children have done it alone, and some have done it with their parents. This scene is pleasant. Although the children are all exposed to the art of flower gambling for the first time, the final works are very vivid. With the help of the staff of Art Tour, the children's works were simply mounted and uploaded to the Art Tour platform to participate in the second China Nanyue Ancient Post Road Children's Painting Competition.

The difficulty of betting on flowers is not the suppression of flowers, but the composition of flowers. Therefore, gambling on flowers is not only a test of craftsmanship, but also a test of whether children and parents have eyes to find beauty. On this seemingly ordinary weekend afternoon, the children not only experienced the beauty of the postal route, but also learned about the cultural accumulation behind the ancient postal route. I also saw the beauty of nature and learned to conform to the law and give back to nature. It can be said that the harvest is full and the growth is full!

In the fast-paced life, parents slow down, accompany their children to attend the first art non-legacy experience class held by the art road study tour, and experience the art of gambling on the ancient post road in South Guangdong. This weekend, I would like to thank the Pearl River Jinmao House for providing venue support, as well as the children and parents from Zhongsen Fine Arts. In the future, in addition to continuing to offer non-legacy experience classes, "Art Road Tour" will also follow up on 1 1 key ancient postal routes in the province. After on-the-spot investigation and research, the specially appointed tutor team of "Art Tour" carefully planned the tour course, covering architecture, plants, food, folk art and intangible culture on the ancient post road in South Guangdong, and the 20 18 art tour-"More explosions, more stories".