The Origin and Development of Sand Painting

Origin: It is said that sand painting is a handicraft created by Mr. Zhang Yuxian, an old Beijing folk artist, after years of research and repeated experiments, drawing the essence from cloisonne, an ancient art in China.

Development: The prosperity of sand painting in 2 1 century benefited from Frank Kako, a famous Hungarian sand painting master. He transferred the traditional sand painting field from beach and sand to sand painting box, thus breaking through the limitations of traditional sand painting performance and appreciation, combining traditional sand painting with modern stage art through modern scientific and technological means such as background music and projection, and paying more attention to logical transmission and creative connection in screen switching, making the performance beautiful. At the same time, the traditional sand paintings of Vanuatu and China, because of their high traditional and aesthetic value, were successfully selected into the second batch of "representative works of oral and intangible heritage of mankind" by UNESCO in 2003, becoming their famous national business cards and unique historical and cultural windows. Since then, sand painting, a traditional and modern artistic expression, has spread rapidly around the world.