How to protect Yueqing’s fine-grained paper-cutting culture
At present, the protection methods for folk paper-cutting generally include the following:
First, family inheritance method. Folk paper-cutting itself has simple materials and tools, so in some places it can be protected through family inheritance. Relevant departments can encourage it through living subsidies, acquisitions and collections. This method of protection is actually an extension of the traditional inheritance method. Although it is relatively conservative, the inheritance of paper-cutting skills is also relatively stable. Many places still continue the art of paper-cutting in this way. However, due to rapid social changes, there has also been a disconnect in inheritance in some places, and the handover between old and new artists is not smooth.
Second, museum protection methods. The museum was established to preserve and display ancient paper-cut works that are valuable for collection. Through the sorting, collection and restoration of professionals, classic paper-cut works are known to the public through exhibitions. The paper-cutting processes of some folk artists who are facing loss can be preserved in the form of videos, allowing people to know and understand them through museum exhibitions and broadcasts. existence of this cultural phenomenon. At the same time, the museum can cooperate with schools or units to let more people understand the cultural value of folk paper-cutting through various lectures and visits, and realize resource sharing through network communication, so as to promote the research on paper-cutting theory and paper-cutting. The creation of art. In some places where the art of paper-cutting is relatively developed, special paper-cutting museums can be established, such as the Chinese Paper-cutting Museum in Yangzhou, the Yantai Paper-cutting Museum in Shandong, etc.; in areas where there is no condition to establish a special paper-cutting museum, a paper-cutting exhibition area can be set up in a comprehensive museum; in addition, , paper-cut collectors and enthusiasts should also be encouraged and supported to establish private paper-cut museums.
Three, school education methods. Introducing paper-cutting into school education is, on the one hand, popularizing traditional culture so that ordinary students can understand it and know its cultural value. Especially in areas with paper-cutting traditions, local education departments should compile relevant folk paper-cutting teaching materials to encourage students to understand and study local paper-cutting art. Through competitions and exhibitions, they can cultivate a large number of paper-cutting enthusiasts and discover new inheritors. On the other hand, in some art colleges and universities, relevant research majors can be set up to encourage students to study on the basis of folk paper-cutting.On the basis of this, we combine modern art and design to make innovations, and explore the development path of paper-cutting in the new era in the academic field and design practice.
Fourth, tourism and development methods. As a relatively common tourist souvenir, folk paper-cutting has been in a state of development. However, the eagerness for quick success and profit-seeking, regardless of the laws of art and the laws of the market have always restricted the development of paper-cutting in the market. As the local government, especially In areas with a tradition of paper-cutting, how to show local customs and customs to tourists through excellent folk paper-cutting art is a matter that requires considerable research and caution. However, at present, there is little systematic research and planning in most areas, and successful cases are often copied, which makes the tourist paper-cutting market tend to be the same, plagiarize each other, and have low prices. Not only does it fail to improve the local cultural power, but it also makes consumers There is even more misunderstanding about paper cutting.
Fifth, community protection methods. Integrating folk paper-cutting into a kind of community cultural construction, it is based on the personal participation and personal management of the community group, and tries to protect the ecological or cultural elements related to it as much as possible. Relevant cultural departments have made paper-cutting a community cultural tradition and passed it on through some organizational work, administrative support and sponsorship.
Sixth, digital protection method. This is the most promising way to protect and promote culture. It can achieve the greatest spread of folk paper-cutting and establish a more scientific, systematic and convenient archive system for it. Whether it is paper-cut pictures or videos of artists cutting paper, global resource sharing that transcends time and space can be achieved with the help of the Internet. Although, compared with live performances and physical displays, this method cannot achieve 100% information transmission due to its virtuality, the openness and communication of the paper-cut information it generates are incomparable. The impact of its development cannot be underestimated.
The above methods all have irreplaceable advantages, but they face practical problems such as manpower, material resources, and financial resources to implement them, and they cannot completely solve the current problem of fine-grained paper engraving in Yueqing. Yueqing fine-grained paper is a handicraft that entered the market earlier. With the development of the times, the old cultural environment is replaced by the new cultural environment, and its living conditions are also changing. The difficulties encountered by Yueqing fine-grained paper cutting are not due to competition among paper-cutting industries. The fundamental reason is that the entire traditional handicraft industry has been greatly impacted by other emerging entertainment industries and entertainment cultures. The key is to break the boundaries of the market and break through the established standards of the industry. Constraint, integrate new modern elements on the basis of traditional paper-cutting, conduct planned production through professional design and creation, open up new market space, and attract non-traditional customer groups.
Therefore, compared with other protection methods, productive protection strives to establish a more benign self-survival and development mechanism, which is more suitable for the protection needs of Yueqing fine-grained paper. By establishing a complete set of production and distribution for Yueqing fine-grained paper—Consumption system, value appreciation system, communication and promotion system, market segmentation system, legal protection system and population structure system to promote the development of Yueqing fine-grained paper and ultimately form a brand.
