Shanxi paper-cut representative works

The representative works of Shanxi paper-cut are dragons and phoenixes, peony in phoenix play, Shanxi folk songs, Shanxi customs, Baihu and so on.

Introduction to Longfeng paper-cutting:

On the dragon and phoenix map, the dragon and phoenix live in half. The dragon is a rising dragon. Open your mouth and turn around and look back at the phoenix. Phoenix is a auspicious peak, spreading its wings and raising its tail, looking up at the dragon. Surrounded by clouds, there is a sense of peace, and dragons and phoenixes represent auspiciousness. For thousands of years, dragons have penetrated into all aspects of China society and become a kind of cultural cohesion and accumulation. Dragon has become a symbol of China, the Chinese nation and China culture. For every descendant of the Chinese people, the image of the dragon is a symbol, a spirit and a feeling of flesh and blood!

The names "Descendants of the Dragon" and "Descendants of the Dragon" often make us excited, energetic and proud. Besides spreading and inheriting in China, Dragon Culture has also been brought to all parts of the world by overseas Chinese. In China residential areas or in China, dragons are still the most eye-catching decorations. Therefore, "Descendants of the Dragon" and "Dragon Country" have also been recognized by the world.

Genre form of paper-cutting

Shanxi paper-cut is one of the oldest traditional folk arts. As a hollow art, it gives people a sense of emptiness and artistic enjoyment visually. Its carrier can be paper, gold foil, silver foil, bark, leaves, cloth, leather and other sheet materials. The genre of Shanxi folk paper-cutting is adapted to local folk customs and actual needs. The most common is window grilles, the size of which depends on the shape of the pane.

For example, the window formats in the northwest of the mountain are diamond, round and polygonal, and the window grilles vary with the windows. Small inch, exquisite and dexterous, childish and interesting; The big ones are "group flowers" with four corners, six corners and eight corners, which are elegant and generous. In Xinzhou area, when celebrating the Spring Festival or holding a wedding, it is necessary to post "full window flowers", that is, cut off persimmons, ruyi, peony, bergamot, lotus, osmanthus, sheng, etc., and wish the newly married wife wonderful workmanship, early birth and happiness.

Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Shanxi Paper-cutting