
菏泽巨野县洪庙村的画室里,十几名农民画师俯身案前,笔尖轻点宣纸,一朵朵国色天香的工笔牡丹渐次洞开。巨野县洪庙农民绘画专科调解社理事长姚树昭穿梭其间,时而俯身指点技法,时而接起订单电话。“惟有牡丹真国色,花开时节动京城”,在姚树昭的带动下,乡亲们通过画牡丹“抓笔致富”,工笔牡丹画也登上了更强大的舞台。
农忙扛锄头,农闲拿画笔,这是“中国工笔画之乡”巨野县的真的写真。世界每10张手绘工笔牡丹画当中,就有8张出自巨野县。2009年,世界第一个以农民绘画为专科的调解社——巨野县洪庙农民绘画专科调解社创立,戒指当今,社员已发展到500余东说念主,创立东说念主恰是姚树昭的父亲姚桂元。
姚树昭打开一张张泛黄的相片——1973年、1977年的画师合影,纪录着洪庙村最早的绘画岁月。自幼深受家庭教授的姚树昭,在西安好意思术学院求知期间师从山水画家杨建兮素养,不仅接收了深湛本领,更拓宽了艺术视线。学成追究后,他想考的是如何将传统工笔画与新时期会通,如何让这支画笔为乡村振兴注入新活力。
这些年,巨野工笔牡丹画发展渐成东风之势,一次次向世界展示中国传统绘画的艺术魔力,最具代表性的即是大幅作品《盛世长虹》的创作。“如何把黄河文化和牡丹文化会通?我从立意上创新,配合黄河的黄色,将牡丹的红花绿叶改为红花黄叶。”姚树昭聘任延安段黄河手脚进展对象,融入红色翻新文化元素,使作品兼具地域性情与时期精神。2022年,在中国农民字画酌量会的保举下,《盛世长虹》登上了好意思国纽约时期广场的大屏幕,邻接播放四天。“巨野的工笔牡丹花精致洞开于世界舞台。”姚树昭的口吻中充满自负。
如今,姚树昭的犬子姚明月也在为工笔画的施行探索新路。她正尝试通过AI等技术为客户提供“千里浸式体验”,“传统的售卖神色只可让客户看到制品,咱们要让他们提前看到画作在我方家中的展示成果。这是工笔画改日销售的标的。”
在调解社画室里有一位颠倒的画师——沉静汉服装璜的桂怀芳正在作画,享受着独属于她的“典礼感”。手脚调解社的第一批画师,她一边安谧勾画花瓣,一边笑着说:“我可爱古风文化,可爱画咱们的牡丹。聘任这个职责,上班时辰相比无邪,画画的同期能接送孩子上学,能怜惜老东说念主还能兼顾农忙。”
姚树昭免费培训字画学员的战术,让更多东说念主杀青了家门口功绩。绘画零基础、不识字的学员也不错免费参预调解社学习,三个月的时辰就能落发具。在调解社里,有形体残疾的留守家庭妇女,她们皆通过一支画笔改动了生计。姚树昭非凡提到村里的纪东丽,“她是右手残疾,左手不错画。别东说念主三个月能学会的东西她用了三年,但会了这一门时候,一辈子就可吃这碗饭。”据裸露,当地农民画师通过绘图工笔牡丹画,年收入能加多4万到8万不等,通过挥动画笔杀青了增收致富。
“如今的洪庙农民绘画专科调解社,东说念主东说念主皆能画,东说念主东说念主皆有活干,百废具兴,订单抑遏,销售很可不雅。”姚树昭先容。据了解,到2024年,巨野县工笔牡丹画已变成可杀青详细年产值45亿元的文创产业,入选山东省赋能乡村振兴典型案例。“鼓动巨野工笔牡丹画等作念强品牌、拓展市集……”2025年头,巨野工笔牡丹画被写入山东省政府职责敷陈。姚树昭和字画院既是这股产业“东风”的受益者,亦然参与者、鼓动者。
暮色中,洪庙村的画室灯光亮起,远方的农田千里入昏黑,而宣纸上的牡丹永葆怒放。一支画笔的分量不外几十克,但五百支画笔共同挥毫时,却形容出了乡村振兴的新图景。
In the painting studio of Hongmiao Village, Juye County, Heze, more than a dozen farmer-painters bend over their desks, their brushes lightly touching the painting paper. One by one, exquisite peonies in the meticulous painting style gradually bloom. Yao Shuzhao, director of the Hongmiao Farmer Painting Cooperative in Juye County, moves among them, sometimes leaning over to offer technical guidance, other times answering order calls. As the ancient verse goes, “Only the peony stands as true national beauty, its blossoms overwhelming the capital in full bloom.“ Inspired by Yao, fellow villagers have “picked up brushes to prosper“ by painting peonies, and the meticulous peony paintings have also stepped onto a broader stage.
Farming during busy seasons and painting during leisure time—this is the true portrayal of Juye County, known as “the Hometown of Chinese Meticulous Painting.“ Eight out of every ten hand-painted meticulous peony paintings in China come from Juye County. In 2009, the country's first professional farmer painting cooperative—the Hongmiao Farmer Painting Cooperative—was established here. Founded by Yao Shuzhao's father, Yao Guiyuan, it has now grown to over 500 members.
Yao Shuzhao flips through yellowed photographs—group photos of painters from 1973 and 1977, documenting the earliest days of painting in Hongmiao Village. Deeply influenced by his family from a young age, Yao Shuzhao studied under landscape painter Professor Yang Jianxi at the Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts. There, he not only refined his skills but also broadened his artistic horizons. After returning home, he pondered how to integrate traditional meticulous painting with the new era and how to use the paintbrush to inject new vitality into rural revitalization.
In recent years, the development of Juye’s meticulous peony paintings has gained momentum, repeatedly showcasing the charm of traditional Chinese art to the world. The most representative example is the creation of the large-scale work “Everlasting Prosperity“. “How could I integrate the cultures of the Yellow River and peonies? I conceptualized it by incorporating the yellow of the Yellow River and adapted the peony's red blossoms and green leaves into red blossoms with yellow leaves,“ Yao explained. He chose the Yan'an section of the Yellow River as his subject, incorporating elements of red revolutionary culture to imbue the work with both regional characteristics and the spirit of the times. In 2022, recommended by the Chinese Farmers' Painting and Calligraphy Research Association, “Everlasting Prosperity“ was displayed on the big screen in New York City's Times Square for four consecutive days. “Juye's meticulous peony paintings officially bloomed on the world stage,“ Yao said with pride.
Today, Yao Shuzhao's daughter, Yao Mingyue, is also exploring new ways to promote meticulous painting. She is experimenting with technologies like AI to provide clients with an “immersive experience.“ “Traditional sales methods only allow clients to see the finished products. We want them to see in advance how the paintings would look in their homes. This is the future direction of sales for meticulous paintings,“ she said.
In the cooperative's studio, there is a special painter—Gui Huaifang, dressed in Hanfu attire, enjoys a sense of ritual unique to her as she paints. As one of the cooperative's first painters, she carefully outlines petals and says with a smile, “I love ancient culture and painting our peonies. This job offers flexible hours, allowing me to paint while taking my children to school, caring for the elderly, and tending to farm work during busy seasons.“
Yao Shuzhao's policy of free painting training has enabled more special groups to find employment close to home. Even those with zero painting experience or who are illiterate can join the cooperative for free training and start producing sellable works within three months. The cooperative includes women with disabilities from left-behind families, all of whom have transformed their lives through the paintbrush. Yao Shuzhao especially mentioned Ji Dongli in the village: “She has a disability in her right hand but paints with her left. It took her three years to learn what others could in three months, but with this skill, she can make a lifelong living.“ It is reported that local farmer-painters have increased their annual income by 40,000 to 80,000 yuan through painting meticulous peony artworks, wielding their brushes to boost their earnings and improve their livelihoods.
“Today, at the Hongmiao Farmer Painting Cooperative, everyone is able to paint, everyone has a job to do. Business is thriving, orders are constant, and sales are impressive,“ Yao Shuzhao noted. It is knowned that by 2024, Juye County's meticulous peony paintings had become a cultural and creative industry with an annual comprehensive output value of 4.5 billion yuan, selected as a typical case of empowering rural revitalization in Shandong Province. “Promoting brands like Juye's meticulous peony paintings and expanding their market…“—in early 2025, Juye's meticulous peony paintings were included in the Shandong Provincial Government Work Report. Yao Shuzhao and the painting academy are both beneficiaries and participants in this industrial “tailwind.“
As dusk falls, the lights in Hongmiao Village's painting studio flicker on. The farmland in the distance sinks into darkness, but the peonies on the rice paper remain forever in bloom. A single paintbrush weighs only tens of grams, but when five hundred paintbrushes wield together, they paint a new picture of rural revitalization.
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