Yangzhou China Paper-cut Museum Tickets+Introduction

Paper-cutting is an intangible genetic culture in China. This pair of scissors represents China's artistic attainments and traditional arts which have been passed down for many years. It represents a very important part of China culture. Nowadays, paper-cut culture is gradually withdrawing from everyone's field of vision. In order to better understand the art of paper-cutting, the contribution of China Paper-cutting Museum should not be underestimated.

China Paper-cut Museum was initiated, confirmed and inscribed by Mr. Feng Jicai, Vice Chairman of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and Chairman of China Folk Writers Association. Yangzhou Arts and Crafts Group and Yangzhou Craft Factory Co., Ltd. jointly invested in the construction, taking it as their responsibility to show, protect, inherit and study Chinese paper-cutting art, aiming at promoting the prosperity and development of Chinese paper-cutting industry. The museum displays the exquisite paper-cutting art of various styles and schools in China, and regularly holds the "Mountain Flower Award" selection of national paper-cutting works and related cultural exchange activities.

Address: China Paper-cut Museum, No.2 Majiaxiang, Dongguan Street, Guangling District, Yangzhou, Jiangsu.

Transportation: Night shift at Qionghuaguan (Yinhe Electronic City) Station 4, 12, 26, 26, 32, 33, 33, 66, 66.

Admission: free.

Opening hours: 09:00- 18:00.

Yangzhou paper-cut Yangzhou paper-cut can be traced back to more than two thousand years ago. It was Master Zhang Yongshou who pushed Yangzhou paper-cut into art and even the history of China art, and its artistic value reached its peak. Exquisite masterpieces such as "A Hundred Chrysanthemums" and "A Hundred Butterfly Loves Flowers" have won the poetic meaning of Mr. Guo Moruo: "Zhang Yongshou, a painter in Yangzhou, cut out a hundred flowers, please look at the spring and autumn, and make the east wind spread all over nine places."

More than a thousand paper-cuts were made by representatives of various factions, representing the local characteristics and customs of various regions. Whether it is the rough and open-minded northern treasure or the exquisite southern masterpiece, it gives people great visual enjoyment. It can be described as varied, colorful, vivid and lifelike. Every work is unforgettable.

Chinese paper-cutting, also known as paper engraving, is one of the oldest folk arts in China, and its history can be traced back to the 6th century. Paper-cutting is a kind of hollow art, which gives people a sense of emptiness and artistic enjoyment visually. The carrier can be paper, gold foil, silver foil, bark, leaves, cloth, leather and other materials. In 2009, Chinese paper-cutting was approved by UNESCO and included in the representative list of human intangible cultural heritage.

Like all folk handicrafts in China, paper-cutting has a long history and cultural accumulation. On the basis of fully understanding the history of Chinese paper-cutting, it will be more beneficial for us to learn paper-cutting and create paper-cutting art. The earlier paper-cut art form is the paper-cut window grilles that we are very familiar with today. This paper-cut culture is still intact, which shows that China's paper-cut culture is very profound.