Giant sandstone relief adds color to the South high speed railway station

Recently, the reporter came to the South Station of Zhongwei high-speed railway. On both sides of the entrance, the original sand and stone rock relief jumped in front of him. Desert smoke, Yellow River waterwheel, medlar girl... A picture of Zhongwei elements on both sides of the Yellow River in Northwest China is lifelike. Every grain of sand exudes the flavor of Zhongwei, and every painting volume tells the story of Zhongwei. A 6031 a 6031 Shi Jianwu, chairman of Zhongwei Folk Artists Association, who participated in the creation of this work, told reporters that this huge sandstone relief is 110 meters long and 3 meters high, which is divided into two volumes of AB and 12 scenes in total. It runs through the brilliant history and culture of Zhongwei, Zhongning and Haiyuan, as well as the related places of interest and historical allusions, and gathers the characteristics of Zhongwei. "Volume a mainly reflects the historical and cultural elements of Shapotou District, Haiyuan county and Zhongning County, and volume B is the reflection of the whole tourism culture." A 6031 a 6031 Shi Jianwu introduced the elements and contents of this work to the reporter in detail. On volume a of the east wall, the rich scenes such as chiseling rock paintings, Dayu flood control, ancient Silk Road, Chinese wolfberry myth, Xixia impression, water transport of the Yellow River are mainly displayed. The historical culture, farming culture, frontier fortress culture, and Yellow River culture are all concentrated in this volume. Among them, the picture of water truck irrigation and sheepskin raft makes people seem to be on the spot. Rolling Yellow River, mixed with the smell of soil, sand figurines are sitting on sheepskin rafts down the river, more symbolizing the "take off" of the future.

is different from the picture scroll of the long history river on the east wall, while the west wall shows the beautiful scenery on both sides of the Yellow River in Weining plain. Tielong Chuansha, Shapo bell, baimarakai, Mibo Shengjin, Gaomiao Xiongzi, Niushou Ciyun, ningzhou pagoda, ten thousand mu Chinese wolfberry sightseeing park and other famous scenic spots perform incisively and vividly. According to the ancient road culture and historical culture, the four scenic spots of Tiandu Shengjing, Jiucaiping Gongbei, Dingrong Shenghu (including Zhenliu) and the ancient city site of Xi'an are successively unfolded, and their exquisite techniques are praised. Reporter

learned in the interview that it took six months for this work to be completed. It was planned by Shi Jianwu, the painter of Zhongwei ancient painting, Wang Xueyi, to draw the draft. At last, it was made by Dong Funing, the fourth generation inheritor of clay sculpture art, folk artist of intangible cultural heritage and his team. A 6031 a 6031 Dong Funing told reporters that this huge sandstone relief is made of three kinds of sand: aeolian sand in Tengger Desert, Gobi sand in Inner Mongolia grassland and ore sand in Shizuishan mountain. The East and west wall reliefs are composed of 258 cuboids with a width of 1.2m and a height of about 1m. The initial formation of each wall requires the use of clay sculpture to make the composition elements and background levels in the design more soft, highlighting the primary and secondary. After making the clay sculpture and polishing it, the plaster mold is made. After mixing the plaster mold with sand and stone in strict proportion, and a long process of shade drying, the sculpture pattern is slowly taken out. After 9 times of experience, the exquisite giant sandstone relief is finally formed. "The difficulty and quantity of this work is also an unprecedented experience in my 30-year career." Dong Funing said.