China wrote in 200 1 that paper-cutting is a traditional culture in China and why paper-cutting is needed. How I cut paper. The feeling of paper cutting.

1. The history of traditional paper-cut art in China has its own formation and development process. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, people used hollow carving to make handicrafts on some thin materials, which was popular long before paper appeared. Although it is not made of paper, it is exactly the same, laying the foundation for the emergence of paper-cutting in the true sense. It is said that China's earliest paper-cut works can prove this point.

2. The history of paper-cutting in China's traditional culture, that is, the real art of paper-cutting, should officially begin with the appearance of paper. The main production material of paper-cutting is paper, and the appearance of paper in Han Dynasty promoted the appearance, development and popularization of paper-cutting. At that time, paper was perishable, so people wouldn't keep it. If it broke, they could cut it again.

In the Northern Dynasties, people cut out all kinds of beautiful patterns with paper. It is said that the earliest and well-documented paper-cuts found at present are five paper-cuts of flowers from the Northern Dynasties found near Huoyan Mountain in Turpan, Xinjiang. At that time, the climate in northwest China was dry and rainy, and the paper was not easy to get moldy. Bian Xiao speculated that this may also be an important reason for the discovery of paper-cutting in Xinjiang in the Northern Dynasties.

4. By the Tang Dynasty, paper-cutting had made great progress. At that time, people applied paper-cut patterns to other handicrafts, and it was popular to use paper-cut to evoke souls. Modern archaeology has unearthed a variety of paper-cut handicrafts in the Tang Dynasty, such as the paper-cut in the Tang Dynasty in the British Museum. It can be seen that the manual art level of paper-cutting at that time was quite superb, and the picture composition was complete, expressing an ideal realm between heaven and earth.

5. In Song Dynasty, the paper industry was mature, which made the art of paper-cutting more and more popular. Paper-cutting in the Song Dynasty was used in various fields, and in the Southern Song Dynasty, artists took it as their profession. Shadow play was popular at that time, and it was also made of thick paper. The greatest creation of paper-cutting in Song Dynasty is the printed pattern of porcelain paper-cutting, which is made by pasting paper-cutting in a kiln when glazing.

6. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the folk paper-cutting art became more and more mature and reached its peak. At this time, the application scope of folk paper-cutting art is broader. However, all the decorations on folk lanterns, decorative patterns on fans and embroidery patterns are reprocessed with paper-cutting as decoration. However, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, China traditional paper-cut was often used as home decoration to beautify the home environment.

Paper-cutting, also known as paper engraving, is one of the oldest folk arts of Han nationality in China. Paper-cutting is a kind of hollow art, which gives people a sense of emptiness and artistic enjoyment visually. The art of creating with paper as the processing object and scissors (or carving knife) as the tool. Paper-cutting is widely circulated among the people and has a long history. Paper-cut works of 1500 years ago have been unearthed in Xinjiang. Later, it can also be seen in decorative patterns, shadow play, blue calico, sketch embroidery and paintings of Rangu, Huasheng, Jizhou Kiln and Dingyao. As a traditional folk art of Han nationality, it occupies an important position in folk activities. Professional folk paper-cutting artists appeared in the Southern Song Dynasty. Folk paper-cutting often refines and summarizes natural forms through homophonic, symbolic and moral means, forming beautiful patterns.