What are the representative works of Shanxi paper-cutting

Shanxi paper-cutting representative works are "dragon and phoenix", "phoenix play peony", "Shanxi folk song", "Shanxi flavor", "hundred tigers" and so on many.

Introduction to the Dragon and Phoenix Paper Cutting:

On the Dragon and Phoenix Paper Cutting, the dragon and the phoenix each occupy half of the picture. The dragon is a rising dragon, opening its mouth and spinning its body, looking back at the phoenix; the phoenix is a soaring phoenix, spreading its wings and cocking its tail, looking up at the dragon. The dragon and phoenix represent auspiciousness and good fortune. Up and down thousands of years, the dragon has permeated all aspects of Chinese society, becoming a cultural cohesion and accumulation. The dragon has become the symbol of China, the symbol of the Chinese nation and the symbol of Chinese culture. For every descendant of the Yellow Emperor, the image of the dragon is a symbol, a spirit, a kind of flesh and blood emotion!

"Children and grandchildren of the dragon", "descendants of the dragon" these titles, often make us excited, excited, proud. Dragon culture in addition to the spread of inheritance in the Chinese land, but also by the overseas Chinese brought to the world, in the world's Chinese settlements or Chinatown, the most and the most striking ornaments are still dragons. As a result, "the heir of the dragon" and "the land of the dragon" have gained the recognition of the world.

The Genre Format of Paper Cutting

Shanxi Paper Cutting is one of the oldest traditional folk arts, which, as a kind of skeleton art, visually gives people the feeling of transparency and artistic enjoyment. Its carrier can be paper, gold and silver foil, bark, leaves, cloth, leather, leather and other sheet materials. Shanxi folk paper-cutting genre format, according to the local folklore and practical needs of objects, according to things. The most common is the window flower, its size according to the shape of the window pane.

For example, in the northern part of Jinbei, the window format has a diamond, round, polygonal and other styles, and the window flower is also different with the window. Small inches, delicate and dexterous, childish fun; large four-cornered, hexagonal, octagonal echo of the "group of flowers", elegant and generous. Xinzhou area, celebrating the Spring Festival, or organizing the wedding are to paste "full window", that is, cut out persimmons, Ruyi, peonies, Buddha's hand, lotus, osmanthus, sheng, etc., wishing the new daughter-in-law is good at women's red, early in the life of the child, the beauty of happiness.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Shanxi Paper Cutting