Since its birth, paper-cutting has never been interrupted in the land of China, and is one of the art forms with the richest connotation of Chinese folk history and culture.
Paper-cutting blends into the social life of people of all ethnic groups and is an important part of various folk activities. A pair of scissors, a piece of paper can create a legend.
The gold is better than the customs, and the color is the style of the people. In Li Shangyin's poems, we can get a glimpse of the status of paper-cutting in folk arts.
There is a paper cut next door, and the world knows it. In 2009, Chinese paper-cutting was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
During the Northern Dynasties, five group flower paper-cuts.
The art of Chinese paper-cutting has a very long history. According to research, paper-cutting originated in the Han Dynasty in China and has a history of more than 2,000 yearsIt is also said that paper-cutting originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when people used gold leaf, leather, silk and other materials to cut patterns. The earliest paper-cut works are the five group flower paper-cuts in the Northern Dynasties, and the early paper-cuts were mostly used for sacrificial and tomb decorations, and later gradually developed into a kind of folk art, which was widely used in festivals, weddings, childbirth and other occasions.
The art of paper-cutting in the true sense began to appear in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and developed greatly in the Tang and Song dynasties, forming a variety of styles and techniques.
During the Tang Dynasty, paper-cutting has become an elegant art form, not only popular among the people, but also loved by the royal family and nobles and literati.
Tang Dynasty Bodhisattva statue paper-cut.
The Song Dynasty was a mature period of papermaking in China, with a wide variety of papers, which provided conditions for the popularization of paper-cutting and promoted the development of paper-cutting art.
Paper-cutting in the Ming Dynasty has reached a very high artistic level;The Qing Dynasty was the heyday of folk paper-cutting.
Paper-cutting has gone through a thousand years of history, and has been passed down from generation to generation on the blades and fingertips of craftsmen.
Paper-cutting includes a variety of crafts such as cutting, carving, tearing, dyeing, etc., from the beginning of repetition, folding, symmetry and beauty gradually developed into irregular pattern carving, "thorn", "color weaving", "color" and other technologies were born accordingly.
Fold. Fold.
Folding the paper to create a repetitive pattern is one of the most basic paper-cutting techniques. When using this process to cut flowers, the paper can be folded twice or three times and then cut, and the resulting pattern is a shape that is evenly matched on all four or six sides.
Yin carving. Yin carving.
Yin engraving, also known as engraving, is a method of carving out the outline line representing the structure of the object and expressing the line in a large block. The effect is heavy, strong, and has a strong sense of weight, with a strong sense of contrast.
Yang carving. Yang carving.
Yang engraving, also known as engraving, is just the opposite of yin engraving, which is to engrave the blank part and retain the outline line. This method is smooth, clear, and delicate.
Piercing. Piercing.
Piercing is the use of a knife or scissors to cut out the basic outline on the paper, and then use a needle to pierce the pattern, mainly to connect multiple layers of paper, this technique is often used in embroidery patterns.
Paper-cutting may seem like only a pair of scissors and a piece of colored paper, but it takes years or even decades of practice for craftsmen to master Xi skill.
China is a vast country, and the styles and themes of paper-cutting vary from place to place in China.
Northern paper-cuttingThe style is vigorous, rough, naïve, simple, rich in folk customs, frank and concise, giving people a feeling of "naïve and vigorous". The themes of paper-cutting are mostly character activities, flowers, birds, fish and insects, birds and animals, folk tales and legends, etc., with rigorous modeling and full of folk flavor.
Helen decoupage. Hebei:The silhouette of the knife light, the majestic atmosphere, Hebei paper-cut with the theme of traditional flowers and birds, showing the heroic beauty of the north.
Ul County paper-cutting. Shanxi:In most areas, the paper-cutting is mostly monochrome paper-cutting, and the style is simple and roughThe dyeing paper-cutting that is popular in the Yanbei area is graceful and elegant, and magnificent.
Shanxi Yangquan paper-cutting.
Shaanxi:It inherits the ancient modeling patterns of the Chinese nation, such as the face of the fish and the head of the sphinx, showing the continuation of the Chinese nation's yin and yang philosophy and the concept of fertility and reproduction.
Shaanxi paper-cutting. Shandong:It is the rough and bold style of Bohai Bay, which is in the same vein as the paper-cutting of the Yellow River BasinIt is also a delicate paper-cut in Jiaodong area that is mainly based on lines and combines lines and surfaces, making the simple and refreshing appearance fuller and richer.
High-density decrement. Southern decoupageWith the painting as the draft, the composition is concise, the image is exaggerated and concise, the technique is innovative in the change, the lines are sleek, and it looks delicate and uprightThe subject matter of paper-cutting is extensive, such as characters and flowers, birds, beasts, insects and fish, strange mountain scenes, places of interest and historic sites, etc., especially the flowers of the four seasons.
Zhejiang:The paper-cut shape pays attention to the large outline of the image, and the thin yin line is cut out in the image. The yin line is just right, so that the image structure and the rhythm of the picture are added to the color.
Leqing fine grain paper-cutting.
Sichuan:Ingenious, Sichuan paper-cutting is inspired by the mysterious elements of the Sichuan ** area, outlining the life scenes of snow-capped mountains, Tibetan villages, and Tibetan people. Colorful and colorful, the paper-cutting contains a deep love for highland culture.
Sichuan paper-cutting. Guizhou:Taijiang Miao paper-cutting, with sleeve flowers, waist flowers, hat flowers and other embroidery patterns, especially the sleeve flowers with acupuncture techniques, more people feel the characteristics of the thick and detailed.
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