Farmer Art Village in Jinshan district，Shanghai
3 min readThe Jinshan Farmer Art Village Ecological and Recreation Park is located in Zhonghong Village in Feng jing Town in the jinshan District of Shanghai.The north side of the village abuts Jiashan，Zhejiang.It is an incorporated village in the ngjiang borders on Liantang，Qingpu，the east side adjoins Xinbang，Song jiang and the west side Chinese town famous for its history and culture，Feng jing.
Zhonghong is the original home of Jinshan farmer art.In the 1960s farmers in the Jinshan area began to place more importance on their own aesthetic values，rejecting the traditional creation methods of art academies，and began to concentrate on the creation ofart.They began to devote themselves to their art leading to the blossoming of this exotic flower of folk art-Jinshan farmer art.a group of farmers from this village combined ancient techniques，such as printing and dyeing，needlework，wood carving and kitchenmurals，to create pictures with subjects chosen from a wide range of customs and work activities of rural southern China.They use simple techniques to create many farmer paintings with strong rural flavor.The”Shanghai Jinshan Farmer Art Exhibition opened in Beijing in 1980 at the beijing China art Museum and took beijing by storm.That same year Jinshan farmer art went global and was exhibited in dozens of countries and regions As its fame spread around the world，it became known as”China s finest folk art form In 2000 the National United Folk Art Exhibition was held in Fengjing and was an unprecedented success.In February 2006 Jinshan farmer art was called”an essential feature of China.That same year Zhonghong was named as a”special Chinese village b the association for the Promotion of Chinese village society thanks to the strength of the local economy and the brilliance of its folk art.
The total planned area of the jinshan Farmer Art Village and Ecological recreatio s 4, 500 mu and is divided into five scenic areas, called the dAnqing Ayea, “then Park Fengjing Area,”the”Water house,”the”Vegetable Patch and the”Rice area.The completed”Danging Area covers an area of 100 mu and is at the heart of the fengjing Ecological Recreation Park. This is fertile ground for art and a playground for creation, finest works of Jinshan farmer art and purchase certified farmer art originals.
Ii the jinshan Farmer Art village visitors can see first hand the entire process of creat and execution of farmer art made by the famous farmer artists of zhonghong, enj The people of Jinshan Farmer Art Village are simple and the scenery is picturesque Typical pastoral elements. Here visitors can also sample authentic original country cuisine andpurchase fresh seasonal agricultural products as well as experience first hand the creaking water wheel, the thatched cottages with bamboo fences, the vegetable patches and fish ponds, and the orchards of fruit trees and bamboo.
The Jinshan Farmer Art Village is a new center for the creation of farmer art and a new in China and a place that demonstrates the new style of the Chinese farmer in te e, Courism stage for the exhibition of farmer art. It is also a new bright spot in countryside century.
