Why paper-cutting art is really the essence of China's traditional culture

Paper-cutting, also known as paper-cutting, is one of the oldest folk art of the Han Chinese people, paper-cutting is a kind of hollow art, which visually gives people a feeling of transparency and artistic enjoyment. The carrier of paper-cutting can be paper, gold and silver foil, bark, leaves, cloth, leather and other sheet materials. In 2008 a new handmade multi-layer color paper-cutting, the most representative of the northern Shanxi Jiang Ping paper-cutting, development of multi-color, color, color beauty, the formation of "simple in the complexity, complexity and harmony, and in the difference" of the original color, colorful art language.

Paper-cutting is a folk art form with a long history and wide circulation in rural China. Paper-cutting, that is, using scissors to cut paper into a variety of patterns, such as window, door, wall, ceiling flowers, lanterns - and so on. The creation and spread of this folk art has a close relationship with the festival customs in rural areas of China. During festivals or wedding celebrations, the word "Xi" (囍), which means "happiness", is often posted, and the beautiful and colorful paper cuttings are pasted on the snow-white walls or brightly lit windows, doors, lanterns, etc., so that the festive atmosphere is rendered very rich and festive. The art of paper-cutting is a traditional Han Chinese folk craft, which has a long history and enduring, is the treasure of Chinese folk art, has become a treasure in the world's art treasury. The simple, vivid and interesting artistic modeling has a unique artistic charm. Its characteristics are mainly manifested in the two-dimensionality of the concept of space, the knife flavor of paper, lines and decorations, writing and allegory, etc.[