What is the history and culture of feather painting?

The emergence and development of feather painting has a long history in China, and its origin can be traced back to two thousand years ago.

As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, plain decorative feather paintings appeared. At that time, it was just a simple form of expression, mixed with painting.

The tapestry silk of Han Dynasty is meticulous in workmanship, bright in color and has a certain layout and style.

The female screen collected by Masakura Research Institute in Japan has become the earliest feather painting discovered so far, and feather painting has become an independent variety of arts and crafts.

It was not until the emergence of bamboo screen in Qing dynasty that the expression, content and pasting skills of feather painting reached perfection.

Feather painting is a kind of picture made from the beautiful feathers of various birds with the help of Chinese painting composition, sculpture, woodcut and decoration technology. Its contents include scenery, people, flowers, birds, animals, insects and fish. Feather painting has a unique taste and fresh style, which is quite popular among people. Tracing back to the source, feather painting has a very long history in China. Feather decoration was found in Mawangdui tomb of Western Han Dynasty excavated in Changsha.

Modern feather painting technology was initiated by Shenyang Feather Craft Factory in 1960s.