Does anyone know more about Mengwa?

With a chubby, red face, a slight smile, wearing a red cotton jacket, walking in the streets and alleys, you can see the figure of this little girl named "Mengwa" everywhere. She is well-known through the public service advertisement of "Stressing Civilization and Cultivating a New Style-Chinese Dream Dream Series", and her simple and cute appearance is unforgettable. "The creation of 'Dream Baby' just wants to convey the yearning for a better future ......Lin Gang, the original creator of Mengwa and a senior arts and crafts artist of Tianjin Clay Man Zhang Caisu Studio, told reporters.

Influenced Mengwa to walk on Tiananmen Square.

In 2013, a series of public service advertisements in the form of Chinese folk art "Stressing Civilization and Cultivating a New Style-Chinese Dream Dream Series" quietly appeared all over the country. Through public service announcements, "Mengwa" appeared in parks, cultural squares, bus stations, airports, shopping malls and even Tiananmen Square, and she became the "spokesperson" of public service advertisements in a red suit. At the beginning of this year, "Mengwa" also "moved" and met people in the form of dynamic **.

The prototype picks up the wind and meets a little girl from a farmer's house.

In fact, the image of 'Dream Baby' was deeply rooted in my heart in the early 80s of the 20th century. Lin Gang said, "At that time, we went to Banbishan Town, Xinglong County, Hebei Province to live in depth and live in a villager's house. One day, I was making a statue outside the house, and a little girl of four or five years old was sitting on the kang and looking out of the window.

She is the prototype of 'Dream Baby'. ”

Around 2000, Lin Gang began to officially create "Dream Baby". Later, when the ** Civilization Office and China Network TV came to select materials, they selected "Mengwa" and decided to use her for public service advertisements.

The creative expression is full of beautiful yearning.

When I started to create 'Dream Baby', the work was only 20 centimeters tall, and the expression on my face and eyes were simple and imaginative, expressing a beautiful yearning for the future. Lin Gang said, "After confirming 'Mengwa' as the spokesperson of 'China Dream', the height of the work was raised to 50 centimeters. ”

The height of "Mengwa" has increased by more than 1 time at once, and the workmanship is required to be more refined. "After enlarging the work, the structure of Mengwa's face, eyes, and smiling expression all need to be depicted and sculpted, and the carving of the hair is also more freehand. Lin Gang said.

It took more than 3 months to complete the large dream baby.

Clay sculpture work Dream Baby.

The 20-centimeter-tall 'Dream Baby' took about one month to create, while the 50-centimeter-tall 'Dream Baby' took more than three months to complete. Among them, the clay figure is used for about 1 month, then dried, put into a kiln to burn, and then corrected, and finally colored. Lin Gang said that now "Mengwa" is a household name, he is very happy, "I am 55 years old this year, 18 years old came to the clay man Zhang studio, so far has independently completed dozens of mature and complete original works, 'Mengwa' can be said to be one of my favorite works."

The main purpose of the Chinese Dream is national prosperity, national rejuvenation, and people's happiness. In fact, everyone has a dream, and everyone's dream will come together to be our Chinese dream. ”[2]

Interpretation: China is our homeland, kindness as our soul song, diligence is our duty, thrift cultivates our morality, integrity establishes itself, filial piety is the leadership behavior of traditional Chinese literature, and peace is the preciousness of today's society.

This short phrase is from the advertising slogan of the Chinese Dream Doll public service advertisement: "Dream baby wakes up, the sun laughs, Chinese dream, how wonderful." The country is the home, good as the soul, diligence-based, thrifty and virtuous, sincere, filial piety first, and harmony are precious.

Centennial dream, the tide of the times, work together, run together, wish the motherland well, and be beautiful, auspicious, and high. ”