Current status and trends of paper-cutting research in Chinese folk paper-cutting
Paper cutting inherits the essence of traditional Chinese culture and is a folk art with a long history and widespread spread. It has the most far-reaching influence in the field of folk art. Folk paper-cutting has its own unique art form language. The artistic expression is simple, lively, exaggerated and highly decorative. Paper-cutting is a product of the farming economy. Paper-cutting as a way to ward off evil spirits has almost disappeared with the development of science. Changes in social conditions have also gradually reduced the number of paper-cutting for praying. The commodity economy has brought severe tests and impacts to this ancient art. . The number of people engaged in paper-cutting art is gradually decreasing. The difficult creative conditions and life of modern paper-cutting artists, as well as the problem of successors to paper-cutting art, have attracted more and more peoples attention.
In order to better inherit and carry forward the important intangible cultural heritage of folk paper-cutting, while affirming the humanistic value of paper-cutting art, more people have begun to explore the potential commercial value of paper-cutting to expand the art market of paper-cutting. The purpose of this research is to allow design workers to have a deeper understanding of the cultural heritage and connotation of paper-cutting. To extract the essence of famous ethnic elements, rationally apply them to design, and shoulder the mission of cultural inheritance. With the acceleration of globalization, economic exchanges between countries and regions around the world have become increasingly close, and cultural and artistic exchanges between various ethnic groups and countries, especially between China and the West, have become increasingly frequent. The phenomenon of cultural shock has become more and more intense. The cultural identity of ethnic groups has become blurred, and cultural security has been affected. hard situation. Based on the current situation of my countrys clothing design and the constant impact of Western culture brought about by globalization, the issue of nationalization of clothing design has been raised. How to organically combine the expression techniques of traditional culture and modern culture into clothing design is a major trend in todays trends, and it is also an important means to make ethnic clothing design have a sense of the times.
