The latest paper-cutting patterns for the Year of the Dragon and paper-cutting dragon tutorials
Although the Year of the Dragon paper-cut patterns can be seen everywhere now, when did the paper-cut dragon image of the Year of the Dragon paper-cut and the dragon itself begin to be recorded in the form of treatises? The earliest text discussing dragons is the Book of Changes. In "Book of Changes. Qian", the environment and shape of the dragon are used to express good and bad luck. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the knowledgeable Confucius had a wealth of biological knowledge, as evidenced by his remarks about cattle, sheep, horses, dogs, tigers, leopards, fish, chickens, foxes, and raccoon dogs recorded in the Analects. Confucius was familiar with dragons. He used the dragon to compare Lao Tzu, "Confucius saw Lao Dan returning home and did not talk to him for three days. His disciple asked: 'Master, where will Lao Dan return when he sees Lao Dan?' Confucius said: 'Now I see the dragon. The dragons merge into one body. , dispersed into chapters, riding on the clouds and qi to nourish yin and yang. If I open my mouth and cannot threaten, how can I be so cowardly!" ("Zhuangzi: Dog Luck Chapter") The dragon in Confuciuss mouth seems to be a kind of clouds and qi that can gather and disperse. Similar to matter, this is even more illusory compared with the dragon in "The Book of Changes". "Historical Records" has a different account of what Confucius said about Laozi: "Confucius went away and said to his disciples: 'Birds, I know they can fly; fishes, I know they can swim; beasts, I know they can walk. Those who walk can be Zhou, those who travel can be used as Lun, and those who eat can be eaten. As for the dragon, I don’t know, it rides the wind and clouds to the sky. I saw Laozi today, and it is like a dragon evil!" Here Confucius clearly said that the dragon is neither a bird, nor a fish, nor a beast. And can ride the wind and clouds to the sky. Han Fei, who talked about dragons during the Warring States Period, said: "The dragon is an insect that can be suppressed and ridden. However, there are inverse scales and rulers in the throat, and infants (touched) will kill people." ("Han Feizi·Shuo Di Difficulty") Obviously, the dragon Han Fei mentioned is a real animal. Its characteristics are that it can ride, has scales, and can hurt people. It can be seen that the patterns, images and descriptions of dragons appeared in classical works very early.
Although it is the latest paper-cut dragon pattern in 2012, compared with other paper-cut patterns in the Year of the Dragon paper-cut pattern collection, the overall image of this paper-cut dragon is more traditional, that is, a combination of basic traditional elements and application. But what is more unique is that the Fire Dragon Ball is combined with the Dragon BeardA relatively stable structure is formed by combining them, thereby avoiding the situation that the center of the entire paper-cut pattern is completely tilted to the right.
1. Preparation work before paper-cutting. The same as the traditional paper-cutting tutorial, the basic colored paper is stacked and placed, and then the four corners are fixed with a stapler. If necessary, the edges are also fixed to prevent the paper from being scratched and broken during cutting.
2. Tracing. A major feature of this paper-cut pattern is that if viewed from a macro perspective, it is actually a relatively neat symmetrical structure, that is, there is symmetry on the left and right. The faucet is in the middle. In view of this, you can simply trace the symmetrical pattern when tracing, and then cut it carefully later.
3. Paper-cutting and engraving. Although the overall paper-cutting pattern shows a symmetrical style, due to the large number of details, the large hollows should be processed during the specific characterization to ensure that the small parts can be coupled and will not be lost along with the production. As the paper goes deeper, the entire paper cut appears damaged.
