We have learned many behaving principles from Grandpa Zhang----every person should have his own ideal and pursue, and should make greatest effort to realize them.
Fall I love with art and participate in
Student/Chen Yanzhi
| Interest on paper cut of Grandpa Zhang transferred to passion. And this passion is inward , without any interest. Grandpa Zhang said: “life is not plain sailing. When I first participating in competition, I thought I had done well, but only got honorable mention. At that time I was sad, and then realized there was gap between others and I. If I got prize when first participating, the competition is meaningless. |
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shortcomings and improves oneself continuously.
Words of Grandpa Zhang make me think of Olympics. If the athletes thought unless they could be champion, they will not participate. Then Olympics will not be a yearning place of themor the focus of the world.
And I also got a truth from Grandpa Zhang'a words:” A person with real love to art will be happy as long as he has sports spirit and participating consciousness, no matter win or lose.”
Persist in pursue
Student/Zu Lei
In the process of paper cut, Grand Zhang encounters many difficulties. He still pursue inflexible, make unremitting effort and strive for his affectionate paper cutting art. Since 1970s, Grandpa Zhang Had dense interest on paper cut. For economic condition is not good, the only materials he could get is the paper cut works published on Ningxia Daily. He collected them one by one and researched on them. He said, at that time his affection on paper cut is not understood by others, even his own wife persuaded him not do the work belonging to women. He thought: it is happy to do something one likes.” Finally, he succeeds, and under his influence, his wife also begins to make paper-cut creation.
The most impressing word of Grandpa Zhang is “ when getting inspiration, I will cut day and night till finish it.” I can see his passion on paper cut, and unremitting pursue to paper cut. That is the reason he gets the present achievement. If we do every thing with the spirit of Grandpa Zhang, success will be near to us. Wisdom comes out from thinking
Student/Zu Lei
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Grandpa Zhang said, when beginning to produce, he will draw what he has seen down, such as a lovely girl. After drawing, he will cut. Although his paper cut is the image, but not vivid. Then I take out my daily collected part time works, carefully observe and think about. I got some findings. For example, the character is not fat, but paper cut it is. Why? Though thinking, I understand this is an art means. And of course |
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get a lively work, he must endow it with life at the beginning.
When saying, grandpa Zhang took out one of his works—“I love Yellow Earth” for us to enjoy. He said, look, I chose a very old farmer with yellow earth in his hand, If I only cut these, that was not a success. Beside his, there was a shovel, and a pie flied to a tree. In this way, this paper cut is endowed with life. I saw this paper cut carefully, the affection the old grandpa showed to this yellow earth where he had worked hard on and which fostered him is so simple and moving. The words of Grandpa Zhang make me understand that no matter on learning or other aspects, passion is no enough, and I should be good at thinking also.
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