Introduction of Chaoshan Paper Cutting

Chaoshan paper-cutting is a traditional Han Chinese folk craft that integrates life into art. Its contents are mostly stories of Teochew Opera and birds, flowers, insects and fishes which are popular among the public. Appreciation of most of the characters, gifts, offerings, according to the actual situation cut out a variety of floral patterns. For example, in the pig's head posted on the pig's head flowers, shrimp flowers posted on the lobster. Everyday decorations are posted fan bag flowers, cigarette bag flowers, times flowers, candlestick flowers and so on. These works imply the Chaoshan people using objects to send feelings or give the technique of auspicious words, with natural things that can arouse people's feelings on the health of the **** Ming and beautiful image, thus inducing people to the association of good feelings. Generally through several forms of expression: image expression, such as plum orchids than spring, peony metaphor for wealth; harmonic expression, such as chicken and sheep than auspicious, magpie and plum metaphor for "happy"; text expression, "Xi Xi", "Shou", "Fu", "Fu", "Fu", "Fu", "Fu", "Fu", "Fu", "Fu", "Fu", "Fu", "Fu", "Fu", "Fu" and "Fu". "Fuku" and other patterns.

The rural Chaoshan every year eight festivals, villagers like to hold various forms of paper-cutting art competitions, many rural paper-cutting artist to take this opportunity to show their talents, young artists stand out, this trend is more common, adding a festive atmosphere, and further promote the development of paper-cutting of this ancient folk art of the Han people.