Fish paper-cut picture is simple

The steps of fish paper-cutting are as follows:

Tool materials: scissors, colored paper.

1. Choose a nice thin paper, cut it into a thin rectangle, mark several parts with the same size with a pencil, and then fold them in half along the size.

2. On the stitched side of the paper, draw a half shape of the small fish, draw a clear line, and cut off the pencil drawing outside the line.

3, the process of cutting is slow, we must distinguish between the places that should be cut and the places that should not be cut, and some curved places and small places should be cut more delicately.

After cutting, we slowly pull apart, and then several small fish are connected together.

Chinese paper-cutting is a folk art of cutting and carving patterns on paper with scissors or carving knives, which is used to decorate life or cooperate with other folk activities. In China, paper-cutting has a broad mass base and is integrated into the social life of people of all ethnic groups. It is an important part of various folk activities. Its continuous visual image and modeling form contain rich cultural and historical information.

On May 20th, 2006, the paper-cut art heritage was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. At the fourth meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage held from September 28th, 2009 to June 2nd, 2009, the Chinese paper-cut project declared by China was selected into the List of Representatives of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Historical Evolution of Paper-cutting

Paper was invented in the Western Han Dynasty BC, before which there could be no paper-cutting art.. But at that time, people used very thin materials to make handicrafts by hollowing out and carving, but it was popular long before paper appeared, that is, patterns were cut on gold foil, leather, silk and even leaves by carving, carving, picking, carving and cutting.

In Historical Records Jiantong Named His Brother, it is described that in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the leaves of the pole were cut into "poles" and given to his brother, and they were named Tang Hou. Leather carving was used during the Warring States Period (one of the cultural relics unearthed from No.1 Chu Tomb in Wangshan, Jiangling, Hubei Province).