Excellent handout for paper cutting class

Chinese traditional culture folk paper cutting, also known as paper carving, is a kind of skeleton art. It is one of the oldest folk arts of the Han Chinese. Its visually gives people the feeling and artistic enjoyment of permeability. The carrier of folk paper cutting can be paper, gold and silver foil, bark, leaves, cloth, leather. The most representative is the northern Shanxi Jiangping folk paper cutting, developed into multi-color, color, flower color beauty, the formation of "simple in the complexity, complexity and harmony, and in and for the difference" of the original color, heavy color art language. Next I bring you the excellent content of folk paper-cutting class handbills, I hope it will help you.

The origin of folk paper cutting

About the origin of folk paper cutting, in fact, a long time ago. At that time, people tried to use some graphics to remember things and content presentation, but at that time paper did not appear, people can only record some information in bronze, bamboo, animal skin and other carriers above. With the emergence of paper, these creative patterns began to transfer to paper. Through such a before-and-after comparison, we will be able to see that the origin of folk paper-cutting comes from the way the ancestors recorded their patterns.

History of folk paper cutting

1, the history of traditional Chinese culture folk paper cutting art has its own formation and development process. As early as the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, people through hollowing out the carving technique on some sheet material to make crafts, which is as early as before the emergence of paper began to popularize, although not paper production, but as the same, which laid the foundation for the emergence of the true meaning of folk paper-cutting. It is said that China's earliest ` folk paper-cutting works can be proved for this.

2, and about traditional Chinese culture, that is, the real sense of the folk paper-cutting art, should be the emergence of paper before the official start. The main production material of folk paper-cutting is paper, and the emergence of paper in the Han Dynasty period, which contributed to the emergence, development and popularization of folk paper-cutting. At that time, the paper was perishable, so people would not treasure it, and it was bad enough to cut again.

3, the Northern Dynasties period, people cut out a variety of beautiful patterns with paper, it is said that the earliest and well-documented folk paper is found in Xinjiang Turpan Flaming Mountain near the discovery of the five Northern Dynasties group of flowers folk paper cutting. At that time, the climate in the northwest of China is dry and less rain, the paper is not easy to mold, I guess, this may also be found in Xinjiang, the Northern Dynasties folk paper cuts an important reason for it.

4, to the Tang Dynasty, folk paper cutting has been a great development, then people will be folk paper cutting patterns applied to other crafts, and there is the use of folk paper cutting to invoke the popularity of the custom. In modern times, archaeological excavations of a variety of Tang Dynasty folk paper-cutting crafts, such as now hidden in the British Museum of the Tang Dynasty folk paper-cutting, can be seen at the time of the folk paper-cutting handmade art level has been quite superb, the picture composition is complete, expresses a kind of heaven and earth ideal realm.

5, to the Song Dynasty, the paper industry is mature, making the folk art of paper cutting more and more popular. Song Dynasty folk paper cutting used in various fields, and in the Southern Song Dynasty, also appeared as a professional artist. At that time, shadow plays were popular, and thick paper was also used to make shadow shapes. Song Dynasty folk paper cutting is the biggest creation of porcelain folk paper cutting prints, it is in the glaze, paste folk paper cutting, into the kiln firing.

6, to the Ming and Qing dynasties, folk folk paper cutting art more and more mature, has gone to its heyday. At this time the folk folk paper-cutting art used in a wider range. But all the folk lanterns on the flower decoration, fan decoration, and embroidery patterns, etc., are not the use of folk paper-cutting as a decorative reprocessing and become. However, in the Ming and Qing dynasties of Chinese traditional culture folk paper cutting, more often used as home decoration, beautifying the home environment.

The origin of folk paper-cutting

Folk paper-cutting in rural China is a folk art form with a long history and wide circulation. Folk paper-cutting is the use of scissors to cut paper into a variety of patterns, such as window, door paper, wall flowers, ceiling flowers, lanterns - and so on. This kind of folk art has a close relationship with the festive customs in rural China. During festivals and new marriages, the word "Xi" is often posted, and people put the beautiful and brightly colored folk paper cuttings on the snow-white walls or bright windows, doors, lanterns, etc., so that the festive atmosphere is rendered very rich and festive. Folk paper-cutting art is a traditional Han Chinese folk crafts, it has a long history and is a treasure of Chinese folk art, which has become a kind of 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 spatial concept of two-dimensionality, knife flavor paper sense, lines and decorations, writing and allegory and many other aspects.

Folk paper-cutting is good at combining a variety of objects together, and produce the desired beautiful results. Whether with one or more image combinations, are "to the image of the meaning", "to the meaning of the image" to modeling, rather than according to the objective natural form to modeling, at the same time, is good at using the techniques of the Bixing to create a variety of good-luck charm, to the agreed-upon combination of images to express their psychology. Express their own psychology. The pursuit of auspicious metaphors has become one of the ultimate purpose of the combination of imagery.

The reason why folk paper-cutting can be widely spread for a long time, the performance function is the main reason. Regional closure and cultural limitations, as well as natural disasters and other adversities, inspired people to the desire for a happy life. People pray for good food and clothing, prosperity, health and longevity, and everything is as it should be, and this simple wish is conveyed through folk paper-cutting. Folk paper cutting "Deer and Crane with Spring" is a traditional folk theme pattern. Folk deer and Luk sound the same, and the crane is regarded as a big bird of longevity, so deer and crane together have the meaning of good fortune and longevity. In the relatively low productivity of civil society, human labor becomes the guarantee of survival, and getting rid of the pain of disease and death is the eternal ideal of people. Folk paper-cutting expresses the desire for life in various forms, takes sides with life, celebrates life, shows the joy of life, and the worship of life becomes people's devout faith. The Eagle Treading on Rabbit is one of the joyful flowers in the folk cave, and is also a traditional pattern, which has been widely circulated in the folklore. The eagle is a metaphor for "yang", the same as the chicken, bird and crow. In folk mythology, the sun is called the "three-legged bird", and the sun is called the "crow". The rabbit symbolizes "Yin", and the moon is called the rabbit in folklore. The eagle treading on the rabbit is a metaphor for love between men and women, reflecting the theme of fertility worship. Folk paper-cutting in the common sitting tent flowers, happy flowers in a metaphorical way to express the worship and pursuit of life and reproduction. Buckle Bowl", "bun dolls", "fish abetting lotus" and other themes of folk paper-cutting works abound, too numerous to mention.

Folk folk paper-cutting language is not simply a plain narrative, but the object to send a message, borrowing those conventions of the conceptualization of the image, to support people's aspirations for a better life, to the auspicious expectations of happiness. All kinds of simple and grotesque and contains the honesty to the beauty of the folk paper-cutting modeling, from the original visual way of thinking and folk aesthetic concepts; from the program system and the unique modeling system composed of imagery; from the original Chinese philosophy and world view, more touching artistic charm.