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China's paper-cutting industry development history, the status quo, as well as for the status quo of some of the shortcomings of the solution

Development history of China's folk paper-cutting handmade art has its own formation and development process, the invention of Chinese paper-cutting is in the Western Han Dynasty BC (3rd century BC), when people used thin sheet materials, made of handicrafts through openwork carving techniques, but as early as when there is no paper has been popular, that is, carving, skeletonizing, ticking, carving, shearing techniques in the gold leaf, leather, silk, and even in the leaves of the tree cut patterns The paper has been popular since the emergence of paper. The Historical Records of the cut Tong Feng Di described the early Western Zhou Dynasty King Chenggong with sycamore leaves cut into the "Gui" given to his brother, sealed Ji Yu to Tang as a marquis. Warring States period, there is leather skeletonization, (Hubei Jiang Ling Wangshan one of the excavated artifacts of the Chu Tomb), silver foil skeletonization carving (Henan Huixian solid surrounding the village of one of the excavated artifacts of the warring states ruins), are with the paper-cutting with the withdrawal of a withdrawal, and their emergence for the formation of folk paper-cutting has laid a certain foundation. China's earliest discovery of paper-cutting works, is in 1967, China's archaeologists in Xinjiang Turpan Basin, Gaochang site near the Astana Ancient North Dynasty tomb group, found two regimental flower paper-cutting, they use hemp paper, are folded ritual paper-cutting, their discovery of China's paper-cutting formation to provide physical evidence. Regarding the history of paper-cutting handicraft art, i.e. paper-cutting in its true sense, it should start from the appearance of paper. The invention of paper in the Han Dynasty prompted the emergence, development and popularization of paper-cutting. Paper is a kind of material that is easy to mold, people will not save it like a treasure, mess up their own can cut again. And in the northwest of China, dry, dry climate, the paper is not easy to mold, which may also be Xinjiang

Paper cutting appreciation (40) Turpan area found in the Northern Dynasties paper-cutting one of the important reasons. Tang Dynasty paper-cutting has been in a period of great development, Du Fu poem has "warm water wash my feet, paper-cutting invoke my soul" sentence, to paper-cutting to invoke the soul of the custom has been spread to the folk at that time. Now hidden in the British Museum of the Tang Dynasty paper cutting can be seen at the time of paper cutting handmade art level has been extremely high, the picture composition is complete, expressing a kind of heaven and earth ideal world. Tang dynasty popular jie, its openwork woodblock pattern with paper-cutting characteristics, such as now hidden in Japan's Masakura Yard of the "sheep", its sheep pattern is typical of paper-cutting handmade art expression. Tang dynasty folk also appeared in the form of paper cuts using the production of leakage plate printing plate, people with thick paper carved into flower plate, will dye leakage printed on the cloth, forming beautiful patterns. Song Dynasty paper industry mature, paper products, a variety of names, for the popularity of paper cutting provides the conditions. Such as becoming a folk gift "gift flower", stick on the window "window", or used for lanterns, tea decorations. Song dynasty folk paper cutting the use of gradually expanding the scope of Jiangxi Jizhou kilns will be paper cutting as a ceramic pattern, through the glaze, firing to make ceramics more beautiful; folk also use paper cutting in the form of donkeys, cows, horses, sheep and other animal skin, carved into shadow play characters; blue printed fabric crafting skeletonization plate is made of oil on cardboard carving into patterns, scraping printing pattern is the use of paper-cutting techniques, there is a yin, Yang carving points, long lines to cut, to point the virtual reality. Ming and Qing dynasties paper-cutting handicraft art to maturity, and reached its heyday. Folk paper-cutting handmade art of a wider range of applications, such as folk lanterns on the flower decoration, fan decoration, as well as embroidery patterns, etc., are not the use of paper-cutting as a decorative into the reprocessing. More often than not, China's folk paper cutting as decorative home ornaments, beautify the home environment, such as door stacks, window flowers, cabinet flowers, happy flowers, roof flowers are used to decorate doors and windows, room paper cutting. In addition to the paper-tie pattern craftsmen who appeared after the Southern Song Dynasty, the most basic team of Chinese folk paper-cutting handicraft is still those rural women. Women's red is an important symbol of the perfection of traditional women in China, and paper-cutting, as a compulsory skill of women's red, has become a handicraft that girls have to learn from childhood. They have to learn the pattern of paper-cutting from their seniors or sisters, and through cutting, re-cutting, drawing and cutting, depicting their own familiar and love of natural scenery, fish, insects, birds and animals, flowers, trees, pavilions, bridges and landscapes, and finally to reach the realm of the heart, hand-cutting a new pattern to. Chinese folk paper-cutting handmade art, like an ivy plant, ancient and evergreen, its unique popularity, practicality, aesthetics has become a symbolism in line with the psychological needs of the public. Status quo modern folk paper-cutting public **** property has an unprecedented mention business paper-cutting cultural heritage is a folk cultural treasure, is the testimony of history and culture, is now the memory of life. In the paper-cutting cultural heritage of many attributes of an important attribute is its public ****. Paper-cutting cultural heritage meets the requirements of UNESCO and China's government issued by the Folk Paper Cutting Organization on the typical elements of oral and intangible heritage. 20 (only year, with the Chinese folk paper-cutting to declare the UNESCO "masterpieces of the oral and intangible heritage of mankind," image text and "Heritage" report as a symbol of the Chinese folk paper-cutting. The year 20(only) was marked by the inscription of Chinese folk paper-cutting on UNESCO's "Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity" image text and the "inscription" report containing the text "The Life and Art of the Genius of Chinese Folk Paper Cutting". This means that the Chinese government's specialized authorities have clearly stated that paper-cutting is a model of oral and intangible heritage of mankind, as have the authoritative paper-cutting research institutes of Chinese folklore, and as have UNESCO. Paper-cutting cultural heritage does have social public ****, paper-cutting cultural heritage is not only China's, but also the world's. Not only for paper-cutting artists, but also for the world. Not only is the paper-cutting artist's, but also the world's human **** have.