The visual language of folk paper-cutting in northern Shaanxi
Folk paper-cutting, also known as folk paper-cutting, is a form of expression after paper is widely used among the people. The evolution of folk paper-cutting originated in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, but in fact before that, "paper-cutting" with other materials as its content had appeared, which is a silhouette art form. People used gold foil, silver foil, copper foil, felt, leather, leaves, bark and other thin materials to cut and carve images to express the decorative patterns of the previous primitive rock paintings, primitive painted pottery, Shang and Zhou bronzes, and at the same time, these arts The inheritance of cultural image modeling methods and symbolic expression techniques has produced a variety of art forms that are similar to the folk paper-cut art. This "silhouette hollow" art form has original folk cultural genes. The method of image modeling and symbolic expression techniques, with the development of history and the progress of culture, have always been throughout the aesthetic activities of the Chinese nation, forming a unique folk art. The system has a profound influence on the derivation of art forms such as paper-cutting.
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Vivid scenes in real life are also the most common expressions in paper-cut patterns in northern Shaanxi, such as cooking, weaving, going to the market, feeding chickens, breastfeeding, cutting grain, delivering rice, milling, plowing, pulling donkeys, and feeding pigs , sericulture, horseback riding, flailing and other scenes reflecting farm life. "Scissors on the Kang, sickle on the Kang," is a proverb in northern Shaanxi praising the aunt in northern Shaanxi for her ability. The aunt in northern Shaanxi is usually busy with things at home and outside the home. When she is free, she picks up a pair of scissors and cuts off what she sees and does in daily life. Smell and cut out what you have done. People who were born and grew up in the loess land are familiar with the plants and trees around them and the folk customs. In this way, the folk paper-cut graphics in northern Shaanxi can not only reflect the colorful life in the countryside, but also reflect the simplicity, kindness, and Simple and kind folk customs. Folk paper-cut artists in northern Shaanxi use their infinite love for life to create paper-cut graphics. Therefore, their paper-cut works are deeply affectionate and are both a hymn to life and a record of life.
In the visual language of folk paper-cutting, humans often use symbols to express their recognition of potential vitality, creativity and other powers. Many of the connotations of this symbolic power come from primitive society and are related to the inner mysteries of human survival and reproduction and the mysterious power of nature. Due to the thick mountains and deep ravines in northern Shaanxi,The majestic Loess Plateau and the influence of Yangshao Culture, Longshan Culture and Han Dynasty stone carving art have formed the simple, honest, generous and generous character of northern Shaanxi people. Due to his personality, Northern Shaanxis paper-cut graphics are always bold and bold in creation, focusing on expressing the spiritual resemblance of the object, rather than sketching, not sticking to details, choosing simplicity and abandoning complexity, which makes them look grand.
