What is the origin and legend of China traditional culture and national art paper-cutting?

1. Paper was invented in the Western Han Dynasty (6th century BC). Before that, there could be no paper-cutting art. But at that time, people used very thin materials to make handicrafts by hollowing out and carving, but it was popular long before paper appeared, that is, carving, carving and cutting patterns on gold foil, leather, silk and even leaves. 2. It is recorded in Historical Records Jiantong Di Feng that in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the leaves of the pole were cut into "poles" and dedicated to his younger brother, which was named the Tang Dynasty. During the Warring States period, leather carvings (one of the cultural relics unearthed from Chu Tomb No.1 in Jiangling, Hubei Province) and silver foil carvings (one of the cultural relics unearthed from the Warring States site in Guwei Village, Huixian County, Henan Province) were all demolished together with paper-cutting, and their appearance laid a certain foundation for the formation of folk paper-cutting. Visually, it gives people an empty inspiration and artistic enjoyment. The carrier of paper-cutting can be paper, gold and silver foil, bark, leaves, cloth and leather.

4. Paper-cutting is a folk art form with a long history and widespread in rural areas of China. The emergence and spread of this folk art is closely related to the festival customs in rural areas of China. On festivals or wedding celebrations, the word "Xi" is usually affixed. People stick beautiful and bright paper-cuts on snow-white walls or bright windows, doors and lanterns, and the festive atmosphere is rendered very rich and festive.

5. Paper-cutting art is a traditional folk craft of Han nationality. It has a long history and is enduring. It is a treasure in China folk art, and also a treasure in the world art treasure house. Simple, vivid and interesting artistic modeling has unique artistic charm. Its characteristics are mainly manifested in the two-dimensional concept of space, the texture of knife and paper, lines and decoration, freehand brushwork and implication and many other aspects.

6. Paper-cutting has many contents and wide meanings. And plain hope to avoid evil; Dolls, gourds, lotus flowers and other patterns symbolize more children and more happiness, and farmers in China think that more children and more happiness; Poultry, livestock, melons, fruits, fish and insects are closely related to farmers' lives and are also important contents of paper-cutting. Paper-cutting, as a folk art, has strong regional characteristics: Shaanxi window grillage style is simple and unrestrained; Hebei and Shanxi paper-cuts, beautiful and gorgeous; Yixing paper-cut is gorgeous and neat; Nantong paper-cut is exquisite. Although paper-cut is simple to make and simple in shape, it can fully reflect the connotation of people's life and has strong folk characteristics, which is the concentration and exaggeration of many folk art forms in rural areas of China.