Hubei carved flowers in the end what

Hubei folk carvings are popular in Wuhan, Huangling, Xiaogan and other places, with more slender, complex, neat features.

Carving artists use a beveled chisel, overlapping one or twenty layers of paper under the original sample, placed on a wax plate carving.

Carvings are mostly used in embroidery, and very few are affixed to gifts.

The subject matter to flowers, plants, birds, animals, people mainly, the form can be divided into four categories: single carving (such as pocket flowers), double carving (such as shoes), continuity of carving, carving blocks.

Carved paper-cutting has a long history, a long history, as early as the Western Jin Dynasty, there is the custom of paper-cutting; the Ming Dynasty, the art of paper-cutting is maturing, and continue to enrich the development; to the Qing Dynasty, and the emergence of carving, i.e., from the scissors shear development of the knife for the skeletonization of the craft contains a "shear" and "carve" two ways. "

Scissors and carvings were developed from scissors to knife carving.

Cutting is done with ordinary scissors; carving is done by placing paper on a wax disk and carving with a knife.

Shinyang carved paper-cutting

Xiantao (formerly Shinyang) has a long history of carved paper-cutting, and it is not difficult to find the origins of the paper-cutting skeletonization and carving process from the perforations on the milled stone shovels and the carvings on the earthenware utensils unearthed from Yuezhou Lake in Shinyang in the Neolithic period of the cultural relics.

According to the Shinyang County Records, "In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Shinyang paper-cutting developed a style that was characterized by well-proportioned compositions and delicate carvings".

Chang_kou District Records about the carved paper-cutting is proof of its long history and its inheritance from generation to generation.

Shinyang carved flower paper-cutting is a folk artisan with a carving knife and white paper on a wax disk carved embroidery pattern (commonly known as "flower look"), generally overlap one or two layers of white paper carving.

The carving knives used by the artists are mostly made of clockwork and scalpels.

The wax dish consists of vegetable oil, white wax, and incense burner ash in a small wooden disk.

The paper cutters who used to sell "flower looks" in Shinyang's water towns were seen everywhere in the streets and alleys.

The dowry of the oldest girl and the shoes and hats of the women for their children and grandchildren were made by skilled craftsmen, and the embroidery of flowers abounded.

Field less people in many areas to carve and sell "flower look" to make a living artists from generation to generation, more and more, "paper-cutting hometown", "paper-cutting family" continue to emerge, well-known near and far!

This is the first time I've ever seen a paper-cutting family.

Some 200 people are engaged in paper-cutting and more than 1,000 people are selling "flower looks", especially in Xinkou Village and Shi_wan Village in Chang_kou Township, Yaowan Village in Pengchang Township and Zhaohe Village in Xiliuhe Township.

Artists carve out the "flowers like", generally used for shoes, insoles, hats, pillows, mouth pockets, tent floats, tent curtains, door curtains and other embroidery patterns, patterns are mostly for good luck and auspicious motifs, such as "magpie plum", "Dragon and Phoenix", "Mandarin Ducks Playing in the Water", "Gold Fish Haunting Lotus", "Deer and Crane in Spring", "Carp Jump Dragon Gate", "Lion Rolling Embroidery Ball" and so on.

Shinyang carved paper-cutting presents the characteristics of luxuriant and complete composition, black and white, clear distinction between reality and reality, fluent and neat knife technique, fine and rigorous work, beautifully proportioned dots and scratches, stretching and rounded lines, matching scenes with allegorical feelings, and full and balanced patterns, etc., and is characterized by both realism and realism, deformation without loss of the original form, rich artistic language, and a strong decorative flavor.

The characteristics are: the historical Jingchu characteristics of the source, the inheritance of skills, "Jianghu" characteristics, the concentration of artists in the regional characteristics, the theme of the allegorical water features, "pattern" of folk "women and children" features, practical decorative features.

Because the art of paper-cutting is loved by the people, and thus can set sample costs, passed down from generation to generation, enduring.

After the founding of New China, the Shinyang County government and the county cultural center encouraged paper-cutting artists to innovate paper-cutting themes and techniques.

In 1952, the "Eight Immortals" designed by Chen Yuming, an art cadre of the county cultural center, and carved by Yang Changfa, a paper-cutting artist in Changkou Town, were exhibited in eight countries in Eastern Europe, which created a sensational effect and resulted in 48,000 sets of orders to China, which created foreign exchange for the country's exports.

In 1956, the artists founded the "Shinyang Xiantao District Carving Crafts Society", paper-cutting products at home and abroad in bulk sales, but also carved shadow head paper-cutting exported to the former Soviet Union.

After the "cultural" impact, the carved flower craft society closed down.

The city in the late 1970s to the present, the late carving and paper-cutting artists have 155 people, as of August 2006, more than 60 years old living artists have 83 people, of which the 80-year-old old artists there are 9 people; artists under the age of 60 only 24 people.

Xiantao City Folk Literature and Artists Association, City Paper Cutting Society, Chang_Kou Town carved paper-cutting exhibition hall through rescue excavation, collected to the old artists used carving knives, wax discs, pattern boxes, pattern bags, cargo drums and the original "pattern" more than 30,000, as well as based on the pattern embroidered shoes, hats, pillows, door curtains and other physical objects.

2008

In June 2008, "paper-cutting (Xiantao carved paper-cutting)" was announced by the State Council as one of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage extended project list.

Xiaogan Sculpted Paper Cutting

Xiaogan Sculpted Paper Cutting is a folk art treasure of the ancient Jingchu land.

Western Jin Dynasty, people on the seventh day of the first month of the year as the "Day of Man", "Jing Chu chronicle" records: "Day of Man cut paper for people, or skeletonization of gold foil for people", visible at that time the custom of paper-cutting.

Ming Dynasty, the art of paper-cutting gradually mature, and constantly enrich the development.

The Qing Dynasty, from scissors to cut the development of small knife carving.

In 1952, "Xiaogan County Sculpture and Paper-cutting Artists Association" and "Xiaogan County Sculpture and Paper-cutting Institute" were established.

From then to now, more than 2,000 kinds of paper-cutting works in different styles have been preserved and created, which have been sent to more than 10 countries and regions in Europe and Asia for exhibitions and sales, and have won many awards.

Xiaogan carved paper-cutting, with its rich figurative language conveying traditional ideas and ancient culture, has a unique aesthetic value and artistic value, she records the long and winding development of paper-cutting skills, carrying the essence of the art of successive generations, a collection of different periods of creative achievements, as if the history of the art of carved paper-cutting gallery.

She fused the essence of the art of China's north and south of the self-contained, with its fresh and lively, simple and elegant style and stand out in the forest of folk art.

The expression of the fusion of the north and south of the art of paper-cutting, craftsmanship contains the "cut" and "carve" two ways.

Xiaogan carved paper-cutting, rich and varied subjects, to longevity, good luck, good, happy, festive theme, with harmonies, allegory, symbolism, innuendo and other simple artistic techniques, to express people's beautiful heart.

The works are delicate and beautiful, with lines and surfaces, differentiation between reality and falsehood, appropriate sparseness and density, exquisite composition, concise lines, fluent knife skills, rigorous breaks, strong rhythmic movement, and a clear theme, which give people a sense of simplicity, innocence, health, and liveliness, and are rich in ornamental and decorative qualities.

It is a good product for beautifying the environment, a treasure for collectors, a gift for presenters, a souvenir for travelers, elegant in taste and charming in art.

In June 2008, "paper-cutting (Xiaogan carved paper-cutting)" was announced by the State Council as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage extended project list.

Ezhou Sculpted Paper Cutting

Ezhou Sculpted Paper Cutting is a kind of folk traditional decorative art.

Early "Wuchang County Records" (in the old days, Ezhou was Wuchang County) has a record of carved paper-cutting in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty.

In 1885, the local industry began to form with apprentices learning the art and specializing in patterns.

In 1935, the Eucheng Pattern Paper-cutting Labor Union was established, with Dai Hansheng and Liao Yunpeng as the presidents and vice presidents, and 150 members, and the activities of the artists covered five neighboring provinces.

Before the founding of the country, carved paper-cutting artists carrying a pattern box, hand-cranked drums, traveled from village to village, "pattern".

Carved paper-cut forms of hat flowers, shoe flowers, slippers flowers, hosiery flowers, buckle belt flowers, undershirt flowers, pocket flowers, mouthpiece flowers, pillow flowers, tent along the flowers and so on.

Ezhou carved paper-cutting has a well-proportioned composition, knife and scissors, and its style is delicate, smooth, and evocative, combining utility and decorative as a whole.

After the liberation, Yanji, Huarong, Linjiang, Dugou, Zhoupu, Xinmiao and other places which are known as "pattern nests" have set up mutual aid groups of carved paper-cutting accordingly, and the varieties of patterns have accumulated more than 2000 kinds.

Ezhou carved paper-cutting is the carrier of folklore, including all aspects of life, different from the northern window paper-cutting, both with the original simplicity, but also with the local cultural characteristics of the region and other characteristics.

Sculpted paper-cutting is a wonderful flower in the treasure house of folk art in China.

The book "Hubei Folk Carving" published in 1953 contains 2 Ezhou carved flower pattern paper-cutting; in 1997, the sixth book of Hubei nine-year compulsory education art textbook contains Eucheng flower pattern carved paper-cutting; between 1990 and 2004, the history of "Eucheng flower pattern trade union" has been published 8 times by the national, provincial and municipal literature, and "Hubei Daily News" has been published 8 times by the national, provincial and municipal literature. During the period of 1990-2004, the history of "E-cheng Pattern Labor Union" was published by national, provincial and municipal literature for 8 times, and "Hubei Daily", "China Culture News", Hubei TV Station and "Ezhou Daily" made special reports for many times.

Since 1986, Prof. He Hongyi of Central South University for Nationalities and Provincial Folk Artists Association have conducted special research on Ezhou carved paper-cutting for many times, and published many papers in relevant domestic journals.

In 2005, 10 pieces of Ezhou carved paper-cutting works took part in the exhibition of China's intangible cultural heritage protection achievements held in the National Museum (Beijing), which attracted great attention from leaders at all levels and the country.

In June 2008, "paper-cutting (Ezhou carved paper-cutting)" was announced by the State Council as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage extended project list

August 19, 2010, China's selection of UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list of projects award ceremony was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The ceremony was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, and Ezhou carved paper-cutting was selected for the list.

This is the highest level of honor for culture and art work since Ezhou was founded.

Ezhou carved paper-cutting is a kind of folk traditional decorative art, which is commonly called pattern paper-cutting by Ezhou people.

It is a pattern base supplied for women's embroidery use, and the pattern is mostly closely related to people's daily life.

The record of "Ezhou Archives" shows that the pattern paper-cutting of Ezhou appeared around 1600 A.D., and reached its peak in the 1930s of last century.

As a representative of southern paper-cutting, Ezhou pattern paper-cutting is obviously different from northern paper-cutting - northern paper-cutting is usually cut from a piece of paper, while southern paper-cutting is carved with a knife, and more than 20 pieces can be carved at a time.

According to the Ezhou City Paper Cutting Society yesterday, the person in charge, at present, Ezhou living paper-cutting artists less than five people, and the age of 80 years old and above.

The city has preserved more than 30,000 pattern paper cuttings, which are rare and unique in the country.

It is a "living fossil" in the treasury of Chinese and world intangible culture.