Introduction of Straw Painting

Wheat straw painting is one of the unique characteristics of Han crafts, Chinese folk clip art, straw painting although from the folk, but very rare, but also because of its as the royal tribute. Straw painting began in the Sui and Tang dynasties. It is a kind of art of cutting and pasting like paper-cutting and cloth-pasting. Straw to go through: smoking, steaming, bleaching, scraping, pushing, ironing, and cutting, carving, weaving, painting and other processes, according to the luster of the straw itself, the grain color and texture, generally do not color, according to the need for cutting and pasting and become. Straw paintings have the advantages of glossy and translucent, good decorative effect, and strong artistic influence, etc. The characters, birds, flowers, and animals produced are lifelike and vivid, giving people a simple and natural, noble and elegant beauty. Henan Qingfeng straw cut and paste (i.e. straw painting) was announced by the State Council as the fourth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative project list.