What are some of the old things from home?

Hometown of the old stuff: paper cutting.

"Ancient treasures" - mainly in the temple, mostly for the dignitaries to use the higher value of the apparatus.

"Daily use" - ancient daily life, food, clothing, housing and transportation needs of practical things.

"Qin, Chess, and Painting" - old objects related to poetry, song, culture and entertainment, such as the Four Treasures, paper cuttings, lanterns, and New Year's paintings.

"Tobacco, alcohol, tea and food" - tea culture and wine culture.

Hanging bamboo, shadow, spring couplets, lanterns, bronzes, porcelain, firecrackers, Tang poems, Song lyrics, Yuanqu music, the four great inventions, the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, paper cuttings, lanterns.

Folding paper cutting

Folding paper cutting is one of the most common methods of production and expression of folk. The so-called folding paper-cutting that after different ways of folding and cutting into paper-cutting. The earliest "on the horse", "on the monkey" and other flowers are folded and cut out.

Folding paper-cutting folding method is simple, easy to make, labor-saving, time-saving, modeling generalization and a certain degree of deformation, especially suitable for the performance of structural symmetry of the form and symmetry of the pattern, such as people, frogs, butterflies, tortoises, reflections, fish, etc., geometric patterns, flowers, scenery, appliances and other subjects can be adapted to, and the unfolding of the symmetry of the most important, but also can be changed out of a variety of suitable shape, quadrilateral continuity or multi-continuous, which is the main reason for its long-lasting and popularity. This is one of the main reasons for its long-lasting popularity. Folded paper-cutting plays an important role in popularizing paper-cutting and modeling craft patterns in China.

Two, silhouette

Silhouette is an ancient form of paper-cutting art, through the outer contour of the figure and the shape of the object, so it pays the most attention to the beauty of the outer contour and modeling, silhouette, due to limitations by the contour of the shape, generally to express the side of the figure or other objects is good. Its tools are mainly scissors and carving knife, paper is generally used black or heavy color paper, in the performance of the character side shadow, generally look at the object while cutting. The silhouette is very suitable for showing the effect of translucent light, is a very characteristic type of paper cutting.

Three, torn paper

Torn paper is a new type of traditional folk paper-cutting deformed. Its method is to use different types of paper, using the hand tearing method to tear the shape, hand instead of cutting will naturally be subject to great limitations, is not suitable for the performance of the effect of fine craftsmanship, but it is this limitation, but also shows its unique artistic personality, there is a kind of ancient elegant and simple, bold and robust style. In the process of tearing the paper there is often a randomness, there is a natural flavor.