Representative works of Fushan paper-cutting

The representative works of Fushan paper-cutting include The Eight Immortals, The Twelve Hairpins of the Golden Hairpin, The Water Margin Characters, The Dream of the Red Chamber Characters, The Agricultural Affairs Diagrams, and The Twelve Zodiac Signs Diagrams.

Fushan paper-cutting is a folk art form in Fushan, Shanxi Province. Fushan paper-cutting has a long history, and its patterns are numerous, in addition to window flowers, ceremonial flowers, twelve months "bridge flowers" strung together for children's birthday celebrations, quite a local flavor. Used for funerals, rituals and prayers and so on.

There are paper streamers, gold and silver mountains, bridge and horse figures, fighting flags and so on. Used for people's clothing, pillows, bibs, skirts, purses, shoes, hats, handkerchiefs and other embroidery of the bottom of the draft is particularly extensive; there are also used for farm curtains, table skirts, chairs, cover scarves, bedding, flower cloth printing, cutting and pasting of the pattern, but also has a certain scale.

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Fushan paper-cutting is very rich in content, it includes Characters, flowers and plants, animals, birds, fish and insects, mountains, rivers, clouds and trees, pavilions, fables, folklore and so on. These folk crafts with local flavor, some are bold and bold, some are thick and simple, some are slender and beautiful, and some are delicate and clear. Unique decorative style, pure and simple artistic temperament, reflecting the aesthetic taste of the people of Taiyue Mountain area.

After the reform and opening up, the Fushan paper-cutting with its marvelous creativity, beautiful graphics, so that this ancient and simple folk art not only participated in many national art exhibitions and won awards, but also traveled across the ocean to the world, to Japan, the United States, France, Italy and other countries and regions to show the Fushan paper-cutting art, with scissors and paper to introduce the local folk customs and folklore.

Fushan paper-cutting is the people's expression of local customs, publicity, is the people's interpretation of natural phenomena, but also the people's aspirations for a better life, but also for good luck, more able to beautify life.