What are the characteristics of Chinese paper-cutting?

* * * Sex: diverse styles, vivid images, complex patterns and exquisite workmanship.

Difference:

1, different characteristics

The northern paper-cut folk customs are rich and simple, and the representative areas are mainly Shanxi, Shaanxi and Shandong. Southern paper-cutting pays attention to lines, and its composition is complicated. The representative areas are mainly Guangdong, Fujian and Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.

2. Different shapes

South paper-cut paper-cut has a wide range of themes, including figures, flowers, birds, animals, insects and fish, strange peaks and rocks, places of interest and so on. Paper-cutting in the north is mostly about people's activities, flowers, birds, fish and insects, birds and beasts, folk stories and legends, etc.

Take Shaanxi paper-cut in the north as an example: Shaanxi paper-cut has a long history as a folk art form. Among the paper-cutting arts with different styles and characteristics all over the country, the ancient and quaint Shaanxi paper-cutting is loved by people for its unique charm.

From south to north in Shaanxi, especially in the Loess Plateau and Qinchuan, red, green and green paper-cuts can be seen everywhere. Gu Zhuo's modeling, rough style, interesting implication, diverse forms and exquisite skills occupy a very important position in Shaanxi and even the whole country's folk art.

Paper-cut content significance:

Eagle stepping rabbit folk paper-cutting is good at combining various objects and images to produce ideal and beautiful results. No matter whether one or more image combinations are used, they are modeled by "image implication" and "meaning conformation", rather than by objective natural forms. At the same time, they are also good at using metaphor and combining conventional images to create various mascots to express their psychology.

Pursuing auspicious metaphor has become one of the ultimate goals of image combination. The geographical closure and cultural limitations, as well as the intrusion of adversity such as natural disasters, aroused people's desire for a happy life. People pray for ample food and clothing, prosperity, health and longevity, and all the best. This simple wish is conveyed through paper-cutting.