A famous place for paper-cutting art

The famous features of paper-cutting art are as follows:

Shaanxi folk paper-cutting:

Shaanxi folk paper-cutting has a long history, which can be traced back to the story of Jian Tong sealing his brother in Historical Records more than two thousand years ago. Jiang Feng, an artist, and Ai Qing, a poet, published a book "Folk Paper-cutting" the night before liberation, which specifically introduced the customs and customs of northern Shaanxi and gave a high evaluation to the paper-cutting art in northern Shaanxi.

Folk paper-cutting in Foshan, Guangdong;

It spread in the Song Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Because its paper-cutting production method adopts cutting, engraving, chiseling, printing, writing and lining, it can be divided into solid color paper-cutting, copper lining, copper writing, paper writing, gold and silver writing and so on. His works pay great attention to cutting and carving, cutting and carving on paper or special copper foil with a knife or scissors.

Shandong folk paper-cutting:

Shandong folk paper-cut can be roughly divided into two types from the modeling style. One is the bold and unconstrained style of Bohai Bay, which is in the same strain as the paper-cutting of other provinces in the Yellow River Basin. One is the exquisite paper-cut with characteristics in the coastal area of Jiaodong, Shandong Province, which is mainly line-based and combines line and surface. With its intensive decorative means, the simple and refreshing appearance is more full and rich.

Expand knowledge:

Paper-cut art is one of the oldest folk arts in China. As a hollow art, it can give people a sense of visual emptiness and artistic enjoyment. Paper-cutting uses scissors to cut paper into various patterns, such as window grilles, doormats, wall hangings, ceilings and snuff. Every holiday or wedding celebration, people will stick beautiful and bright paper-cuts on windows, walls, doors and lanterns at home, and the festive atmosphere will be more enthusiastic.

In rural areas, paper-cutting is usually done by women and girls. In the past, paper-cutting was a handicraft art that almost every girl had to master, and it was also a standard for people to judge brides. The paper-cutting art in the north and south of China can express all kinds of joys and sorrows in life through a pair of scissors and a piece of paper.

As the carrier of primitive art, paper-cutting always uses exaggeration and deformation in modeling. It is good at combining objects in different time and space, changing the nature and shape of objects through exaggeration and deformation, and then changing the standard of the usual natural prototype.