BEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Residents of Pingjin Town, Liangping District, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, were busy pasting colorful Chinese New Year paintings on January 29 at a venue for the inheritance of Liangping woodblock Chinese New Year paintings, a national intangible cultural heritage. State Grid Chongqing Wanzhou Electric Power Co., as the electric power provider for Pingjin Town, has been assisting in the inheritance of the local Chinese New Year painting culture.
Liangping woodblock Chinese New Year painting is a form of folk art that originated during Emperor Jiajing's reign in the Ming Dynasty (1521-1567). Themed on driving away evil and embracing fortune, celebrating auspiciousness, and telling historical stories, such paintings encapsulate good wishes and reflect the characteristics of the Sichuan and Chongqing culture. Influenced by local culture, Liangping woodblock Chinese New Year paintings have formed a unique artistic system. The production process involves more than 30 steps, with colors made from plant and mineral extracts, while the printing paper is handmade from locally produced white bamboo.
The photo shows State Grid staff members conducting volunteering activities to promote knowledge on electricity at a children's Chinese New Year painting exhibition hall.
The "Spring Festival Celebration with Chinese New Year Paintings" event was held at China's first Chinese New Year painting exhibition hall designed for children in the Experimental Primary School of Liangping District, Chongqing on January 17. Staff members of the State Grid Chongqing Wanzhou came to the exhibition hall to check on electrical safety, inspecting the distribution room, transformers, and transmission lines around the campus to ensure safe electricity use on campus. In addition, they shared knowledge about safe use of electricity and stories of the grid staff ensuring power supply with the children, and created Chinese New Year paintings together.
The photo shows State Grid staff members inspecting electrical equipment and transmission lines around the children's Chinese New Year painting exhibition hall.
After checking the surrounding power lines of the school, the State Grid staff members came to the distribution room of the Liangping district museum to conduct a power supply inspection for the Chinese New Year painting exhibition, which displays over 60 exquisite Chinese New Year paintings from January to February, telling the story of the Spring Festival through intangible cultural heritage art.
The photo shows State Grid staff members asking about the operation of electrical equipment in the distribution room of the Liangping district museum.
As of now, State Grid Chongqing Wanzhou Electric Power Co., has upgraded 7.5 kilometers of 10 kV lines for the cultural industry related to the Liangping woodblock Chinese New Year painting, adding or expanding five distribution transformers with a total capacity of 1230 kVA. Moreover, for venues such as the children's Chinese New Year painting exhibition hall at Liangping District Experimental Primary School and the Liangping district museum, they have conducted 18 inspections to ensure power supply, including 8 inspections during holidays.
(Edited by Yang Linlin with Xinhua Silk Road, linlinyanglyn@163.com)
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