The History and Application of Traditional Craft Paper-cutting in China

Traditional paper-cutting art can also be divided into southern school and northern school according to regional characteristics, just like the northern leg of southern boxing in Wulin. The representatives of the Southern School include paper-cutting in Mianyang, Hubei, paper-cutting in Foshan, Guangdong and folk paper-cutting in Fujian, as well as paper-cutting with strong Jiangnan style in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The northern belt is represented by Qingyang paper-cut, Shanxi paper-cut, Yuxian paper-cut, Shaanxi folk paper-cut and Shandong folk paper-cut.

Generally speaking, the paper-cutting of the Southern School is more exquisite and shows more details, but it varies according to the situation of each province. At present, the most popular "Fu" paper-cut is spread in Guangdong, and the paper-cut art of Chinese communities in Southeast Asia and Europe and America is largely the root of Guangdong paper-cut. Most paper-cuts in Fujian schools are poultry. Paper-cutting of Jiangnan School is mostly about flowers, and many patterns are full of creativity. Color paper-cutting originated here.