Shijiazhuang's unique infinite paper-cut culture

Paper-cutting is one of the traditional cultures in China, and it is also the representative of handicraft industry. Paper-cut art is a traditional folk craft. It has a long history and is a treasure of China folk art. Infinite paper-cutting is a masterpiece of Shijiazhuang culture. So, what are the characteristics of endless paper-cutting? Let's have a look.

As an important part of Chinese paper-cutting, paper-cutting art has a long history. As early as ancient times, there were customs of cutting snuff, hanging colored paper, cutting annual clothes (symbol) and stick grilles. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, endless paper-cutting became popular. During festivals and weddings, people use paper-cutting as a simple art form to express their feelings. Housewives in Donghoufang, Nanhoufang and Beihoufang all like paper-cutting. They put paper-cut works on windows and lanterns to watch each other, and gradually formed the custom of snuff-cutting and stick grilles in the county. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the paper-cutting art in Wuji County has made rapid development.

Infinite paper-cut is rich in modeling, wide in subject matter and full of life breath, which plays an important role in Han folk art in central Hebei. At the same time, it will play a positive role in enriching people's cultural life, carrying forward national cultural traditions, improving people's aesthetic quality, promoting all-round social development and building a harmonious society.

It has a beautiful shape and profound meaning. Infinite paper-cutting inherits the essence of paper-cutting art very well. Its unique style and charm are endless. Influenced by the New Year pictures of Shanxi and Yangliuqing, the endless paper-cutting styles are characterized by diverse themes and rich shapes. Among them, the character series is distinctive, the flower-and-bird series is vivid, and the folk series is full of original ecological local flavor. In this exhibition, flowers, birds, fish and insects, rare birds and animals, the Chinese zodiac, myths and legends, all kinds of people, all kinds of fruits and vegetables, all kinds of life, everywhere, everything. This simple, simple and free will may be the soul of art. With the development of the times, endless paper-cutting has been endowed with distinctive characteristics of the times while inheriting the traditional style.

Infinite paper-cutting is mainly based on Xuan paper, which belongs to monochrome paper-cutting. The main tools of paper-cutting are scissors and carving knives. Because scissors are limited by tools and materials, paper-cutting is often carved with a knife. Knife carving paper-cutting also needs special paraffin or plasticine substrate, and the production process is very particular. Carving knife is a special kind of tool, with more than a dozen different shapes, such as long, pointed, round, square, triangle and crescent. Carve with knives of different shapes according to different patterns. The "colored paper" with local characteristics in Wuji County is made of this kind of meat cutter and then poured with various pigments. In the old days, endless paper-cutting was mostly made of pure red paper.

With the development of the times and the improvement of people's aesthetic concept, the materials and colors used in paper-cutting have also developed from single to multiple. Paper-cut is rich in color, not only black and white, but also gold lining, which is bright and eye-catching, coupled with different shapes, and is deeply loved by the masses.