What are the characteristics and differences between North and South paper cutting?

I * * * Similarity: Because of its easy materials, low cost, obvious effect, wide adaptability, diverse styles and vivid images.

Second, the difference:

1, different style features: northern paper-cutting is vigorous, rough, naive and simple; ; Southern paper-cutting is exquisite, beautiful, rigorous and slender. . As Mr. Guo Moruo said: "I have seen window grilles in the north, and their taste is naive and rich;" Today, the carved paper in the south is beautifully carved. A wonderful cut, beauty is immortal in the world. " A word broke the style and characteristics of North-South paper-cutting.

2. Different shapes: South paper-cut paper-cut has a wide range of themes, including figures, flowers and birds, animals, insects and fish, strange mountains, places of interest and so on. , especially the four seasons flowers; Paper-cutting in the north is mostly about people's activities, flowers, birds, fish and insects, birds and beasts, folk stories and legends, etc. , rigorous modeling, full of folk flavor.

3. Different artistic features: Southern paper-cutting is based on painting, with simple composition, exaggerated and concise image, innovative techniques, smooth lines, a heavy and complete feeling, and a beautiful, delicate, meticulous and exquisite artistic style; The northern paper-cut folk customs are rich and simple, and the representative areas are mainly Shanxi, Shaanxi and Shandong.

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