What is the charm of paper-cutting art

The charm of paper-cutting art is as follows:

As one of the traditional handicrafts in China, paper-cutting not only has high artistic value, but also has rich cultural connotation. In the traditional culture of China, paper-cutting is a very important symbol and symbol, representing happiness, auspiciousness and good wishes. Paper-cutting plays an important role in many traditional festivals and celebrations in China, such as Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.

Brief introduction of Chinese paper-cutting:

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.

It inherits the continuous visual image and modeling format, contains rich cultural and historical information, expresses the social cognition, moral concept, practical experience, life ideal and aesthetic taste of the general public, and has multiple social values such as cognition, education, expression, lyricism, entertainment and communication.

Engineering classification:

1, folding paper-cut

Folding paper-cut is one of the most common ways of making and expressing. The so-called folding paper-cut is a paper-cut that is folded and cut in different ways. The earliest flowers, such as "Ma Dui" and "Piled Monkey", were cut out by folding. Folding paper-cut folding method is simple, easy to make, labor-saving and time-saving, and the shape has a certain deformation generalization, which is especially suitable for expressing symmetrical shapes and symmetrical graphics;

Such as people, frogs, butterflies, turtles, reflections, fish and so on. , geometric patterns, flowers, scenery, utensils and other themes can be adapted, and extremely symmetrical, can be changed into various suitable shapes, continuous on both sides, continuous on all sides or continuous on many sides, which is one of the main reasons why it can be circulated for a long time. Folding paper-cutting has played an important role in the popularization of Chinese paper-cutting and the shaping of technological patterns.

2. Outline

It is an ancient form of paper-cutting art, which expresses the shapes of people and objects through contours, so it pays the most attention to the beauty and modeling of contours. Due to the limitation of contour modeling, silhouette generally shows the profile of people or other objects better.

Its tools are mainly scissors and carving knives, and the paper is usually black or heavy color paper. When showing the silhouette of a character, it is usually cut while looking at the object. Silhouette is very suitable for showing light transmission effect, and it is a distinctive paper-cut type.