Surprise! Mo Yan has registered his own official account on WeChat. As Mo became the first Nobelist gets a official account, netizen commented it is a cross-dimension joint.
Mo is a unique existence in literary circle. When his first article was post, the following fans present their great ardors.
the above words from Mo’s short story, Dried River, depicts a beautiful natural view under moonlight. As we all know, Mo’s hometown is Gomi, Weifang. How does it look like?
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Unique scenery
/ Red Sorghum Cinema City /
Many readers got to know Mo Yan since his book, Red Sorghum. Following the description in the book, Gomi city built a featured cinema city, a vigorous town.
Many readers got to know Mo Yan since his book, Red Sorghum. Following the description in the book, Gomi city built a featured cinema city, a vigorous town.
Going through the flowers ocean, we arrive the central venue of this town, the streets imitated the ancient Gaomi town Avenue, one by one stores, full of prosperity and bustle.
Many scenes and buildings here were described in Mo’s novels, like Shan’s dwelling, the church.
Shan’s dwelling is a typical quadrangle courtyard where the origin of story, Red Sorghum.
Rich entertainments and customs performance could be found on the venues
The TV scenes are recreated here that is art and also the classical memory of old generation.
/ Wulong River Scenic Area /
Peach blooming in spring, lotus in Summer, sweet scent of osmanthus in fall and snowing in winter decorates the area
The reeds in the river set up a natural green gauze tent to veil the trails of water birds
Pacing in the Quite bamboo cluster bring the internal peace
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Gaomi Food
/ Lu meat bun/
Lu meat bun, cannot be more familiar among Gaomo people, simple formula and cook method, but generate its authentic taste and had been listed as intangible culture heritage item.
The tastiest part of Lu meat bun is the fried golden bottom cover layer. Lu mean bun is the special dish of Gaomi restaurants
/ Gaomi Steam pork /
Steam pork is easy to be cooked while only available on big events, like wedding, New Year ceremony and etc. since the pork was expensive in ancient.
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Featured culture
/ Niejiazhuang clay figurine /
Known as one of the three treasure of Gaomi, Nijiazhuang clay sculpture is a traditional folk art that began in the Longqing and Wanli periods of the Ming Dynasty as it is said, and now a national intangible cultural heritage item.
Nie Jiazhuang clay sculptures are bold and exaggerated, focusing on expressing the internal spirit with similar appearance by simple and generalized techniques
Nijiazhuang clay sculptures pursue bright and striking artistic effects. color is used less and contrasted in coordination
As a national intangible cultural heritage, Nie Jiazhuang clay sculptures have been exhibited and won awards in many places at home and abroad, and attracted many experts and scholars to investigate and collect them.
/ Gaomi New Year Picture /
Gaomi multiple New Year picture was developed in Chegnhua period of Ming Dynasty on base of freehand New Year picture in among 30 villages of Gaomi North Villages
In the early stage, the New Year painting’s main images were the kitchen King, the God of wealth and other idols and flowers
In 2006, Gaomi New Year paintings were listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural Heritage
Gaomi New Year picture is featured with its ingenious conception, fine production and elegant style but simple shape.
Its biggest unique style is thick colors, bold but fluent outline and chubby images.
Some of the boutique works have been collected by National Art Museum of China, Capital Museum, Chinese Folk Art Museum and Shandong Museum
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