The history and origin of paper-cutting The history and origin of paper-cutting development history

1, I believe we all know that our country is an ancient civilization, in the folk many traditional arts have also retained some, such as paper cutting, Chinese painting, shadow and so on. And when it comes to the art of paper-cutting, I believe we are all very curious about when it appeared, so here we look at the development of paper-cutting and historical sources.

2, in fact, in the period of the North and South Dynasties has appeared this one thing, in the Western Han Dynasty, before the invention of paper, there is no paper-cutting, but at that time, mankind has learned to use leaves or leather, as well as in the silk above, carved and cut into patterns, so this is the prototype of the paper-cutting, and to the period of the Tang Dynasty, when paper-cutting began to be in a state of development, Du Fu's poems have been appeared in the poems of Du Fu, the folk art of paper-cutting.

3. Today, the British Museum in the United Kingdom has preserved the paper cuts of the Tang Dynasty, and it can be seen that during the Tang Dynasty, the level of paper cuts in China has reached the peak of art, both in terms of images and shapes, are designed to be more complete. And to the Song Dynasty period, the paper industry began to gradually mature, when the paper is more varied, but also to the popularization of paper-cutting as an artistic activity brought enough conditions.

4, window is in the Song Dynasty period, and the use of folk paper cutting in the Song Dynasty period also began to gradually expand up, like a lot of ceramics in Jiangxi, is also based on paper cutting made of ceramics appearance of the pattern, so that the ceramic pattern looks more exquisite.

5, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the art of paper-cutting is at its peak, when the use of folk art of paper-cutting than before a wider range, whether it is a lantern above the pattern or fan above the pattern will be used on the paper-cutting made of decorative items, folk are also families will be affixed to the paper-cutting.