Lanzhou Jiaotong University in Gansu province has set up a number of practical courses on handicrafts in recent years, including classes on wire-pinched painting, wood-cut painting and scroll painting. The classes are intended to promote traditional culture and cultivate students’ workmanship.
　　近幾年，甘肅省的蘭州交通大學已開設多種手工藝類實踐課程，包括掐絲畫、版畫和卷軸畫。課程開設旨在弘揚中國傳統文化、培養學生手工實踐能力。
　　Creating wire figures and filling in the spaces between them with painted sand, a group of students transform a white ceramic plate into an exquisite work of art. Among them is a student named Guo Tianhui, who has been studying this handicraft for one month. Currently, Guo is still practicing sketching, pinching and attaching the elements. Her paintings mainly depict figures, and she hopes to study more about the Dunhuang culture from which this technique comes.
　　學生們利用金屬絲勾勒出人物紋樣，粘貼在盤子上，再用彩砂予以填充，一枚潔白的陶瓷盤子就這樣變成了精美的手工藝品。其中，郭天慧同學學做掐絲畫一個月了。現在，她仍然在學習繪圖、簡單掐絲和粘絲。她所學習的掐絲畫主要以人物為主，她希望能夠從中了解更多的敦煌文化。
　　Guo also said she was thinking about adding some contemporary elements into her paintings, since she is more proficient with that type of workmanship. These elements would illustrate her aesthetic view, the enthusiastic art student stated.
　　郭天慧說等以后技術嫻熟了，她想把當代元素添加到自己的畫里。這位熱情洋溢的藝術生說，她的審美觀會通過這些元素得以充分體現。
　　Liang Yan, deputy professor at Lanzhou Jiaotong University, explained that this course mainly focuses on Dunhuang elements, aiming to uncover students’ potential for both innovation and accuracy.
　　蘭州交通大學副教授梁艷表示，掐絲畫課程以敦煌元素為主，旨在發掘學生創新潛力，提高對藝術的審美。
　　According to Liang, most of the courses at Lanzhou Jiaotong University focus on science; the university has not previously emphasized aesthetic education. However, university administrators are now making an effort to promote the university’s art courses so that students can benefit from an education that goes beyond what they learn in their major courses.
　　梁艷稱，蘭州交通大學課程開設集中在理工科方面，之前并未看重審美教育。不過，學院管理人員正致力于藝術課程的推進工作，方便學生在主修課程之外也能學到別的技能。