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Characteristics of Zhumadian paper-cutting master Zhu Jun

Because of Zhu Jun's continuous pursuit of the art of paper-cutting and innovation, all the works cut out by her hands have a strong sense of three-dimensionality. She cuts out the perfect combination of people and animals, and lively and lovely.

A pair of skillful hands make people and things come alive

Ju Jun's paper-cutting is loved by the public because she cuts all kinds of simple and simple paper-cutting shapes that contain the true beauty, which originated from the original visual way of thinking and folk aesthetic concepts.

Paper-cutting, also known as paper-cutting, window-paneling or painting-cutting, is one of China's ancient folk arts, whose history can be traced back to the 6th century B.C. The difference between paper-cutting and paper-carving is that it is the same as paper-carving. The difference between paper-cutting and paper-cutting is that when creating, some use scissors, some use a carving knife, although the tools are different, but the creation of works of art are basically the same, people collectively referred to as paper-cutting. Paper-cutting is a kind of hollow art, which visually gives people a feeling of transparency and artistic enjoyment.

The special thing about Zhu Jun's paper-cutting is that she can cut instead of write, whether it's flowers, birds, fish and insects, or portraits, she can do it all in one go.

"Folk paper-cutting is good at combining many kinds of objects together and producing a desirable and beautiful result. Whether with one or more image combination, are 'to the image of meaning' 'to the meaning of the image' to modeling, rather than according to the objective natural form to modeling, at the same time, but also good at the use of the technique to create a variety of good-luck charm, to the convention of the image of a combination of to express their own psychology. The pursuit of auspicious metaphors becomes one of the ultimate purposes of imagery combination." Zhu Jun told reporters that her paper-cutting language is not a simple plain narrative, but the object to send a message, borrowing those conventional conceptualization of the image, to support people's aspirations for a better life, the expectation of good luck and happiness.