The development history of paper-cutting art in Yu County
Hebei Yuxian paper-cutting, commonly known as "Yuxian window decoration", is named after it is mainly used for window decoration. In ordinary life, people in Yuxian County refer to putting up window grilles as "hanging xi", which means putting up festive decorations. According to the ancient paper-cutting discovered in Yu County, it is inferred that Yuxian paper-cutting can be traced back to the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, which has a history of more than 500 years.
Yuxian paper-cut "Qingshi Mountain" - Gu Xian
The development from monochromatic paper-cutting to pointillist paper-cutting with "mainly intaglio carving and supplemented by yang carving" is a milestone in the major technological innovation and quality sublimation of Yuxian paper-cutting. Counting from this time, through the calculation of the genealogy passed down from generation to generation of artists, Yu County pointillist paper-cutting was founded around the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, which has a history of nearly 200 years. Although Yuxian paper-cutting has not been developed for a long time, it is mainly developed with its unique intaglio carving method. In August 2003, the Chinese Folk Literature and Artists Association and the National Folk Cultural Heritage Project Office held the "National Folk Cultural Heritage Rescue Project Paper-cut Special Working Conference" in Yu County.
The conference not only pushed the national paper-cutting art research to its peak, but also awarded Yu County the title of "Hometown of Chinese Paper-cutting Art" and the "Chinese Paper-cutting Art Research Base". On May 20, 2006, Yuxian paper-cutting was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists. On June 5, 2007, Zhou Zhaoming from Yu County, Hebei Province was determined by the Ministry of Culture to be the representative inheritor of cultural heritage projects, and was included in the first batch of 226 representative inheritors of national intangible cultural heritage projects. .
