What is paper cutting? What are the artistic features of 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.

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 4th meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO held from September 28th to1October 2nd, 65438, Chinese paper-cutting project was selected into the List of Representatives of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity? .

On 20 18 12, the general office of the Ministry of Education announced Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics as the heritage base of Chinese excellent traditional culture in paper cutting.

Extended data:

Paper-cutting can be roughly divided into four categories from the specific use:

One is for posting, that is, directly sticking on doors, windows, walls, lanterns and ribbons for decoration. Such as window grilles, wall flowers, ceiling flowers, cigarette lattices, lantern flowers, paper-tied flowers, and door stickers;

Second, it is used for decoration, that is, for decorating gifts, dowries, sacrifices and offerings. Such as flowers, flowers, fireworks, candlestick flowers, fragrant flowers, Chongyang flag;

Thirdly, embroidery patterns are used in clothing, shoes, hats and pillows. Such as shoe flower, pillow flower, hat flower, bib flower, sleeve flower and suspender flower;

Four, printing and dyeing, that is, as a printing plate of blue printed cloth, used for clothing, quilts, curtains, bags, bibs, headscarves and so on.

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