The brilliant achievements of Fangzheng folk paper-cutting
As an artistic wonder of the black soil of Northeast China, Fangzheng paper-cutting has been included in the national intangible cultural heritage list. Fangzheng paper-cutting not only has the simplicity and boldness inherent in the Northeast, but also has the delicate and smooth paper-cutting of the Central Plains. The life scenes, folk customs and festivals with Northeast characteristics are vividly displayed on the paper, with auspicious and festive characters, dolls, natural scenery, fish, insects, birds and beasts, flowers, plants and trees, pavilions and bridge scenery, folklore and historical stories as the themes, with simple shapes and delicate techniques. , concise and lively, with various styles, natural and generous, and with strong visual beauty.
Fangzheng paper-cutting not only promotes traditional characteristics, but also breaks the inherent creative mode, making the work more appealing and interesting, the artistic language clearer, the local style increasingly perfected, and the local flavor more intense. Founder County Party Committee and County Government have been attaching great importance to the development of Founder paper-cutting for many years, creating conditions for Founder paper-cutting to break out of the county, go abroad, and go to the world.
In 1984, the Heilongjiang Province Paper-cutting Creation Experience Exchange Meeting was held, and the Founder paper-cutting group was invited to attend the meeting. In 1986, a group of six experts and scholars from the provincial art circle, headed by Chao Mei, Chairman of the Heilongjiang Artists Association, made a special trip to Founder to visit and guide Founder in paper-cutting. On September 9, 1989, Fangzheng Paper-cutting participated in the first Paper-cutting Art Festival of Heilongjiang Province. In May 1989, Fangzheng paper-cutting participated in Chinas first genre painting competition. In June 1990, the Fangzheng paper-cutting group participated in the second paper-cut art exhibition of the Heilongjiang Province Paper-cut Annual Conference. In 1997, Fangzhengs paper-cuttings participated in the exhibition "Eighteen Provinces and Municipalities Celebrating the 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and Hong Kongs Return to the National Day". In June 1999, 138 masterpieces were exhibited at the first Harbin Folk Art Expo, and won five awards from six awards at the event. Since then, Fangzheng Paper-cutting has participated in the previous Harbin Expo and achieved great success. They exhibited their works and won awards at the Zhejiang Province "Shenzhou Charm" China Folk Art Hometown Paper-cut Invitational Competition, China Shenzhen International Cultural Expo, and the first Zhongyang International Paper-cut Art Festival. In March 2008, the author of Fangzheng Paper-cutting was invited to participate in the Shandong Gaomi Folk Culture and Art Festival - National Folk Paper-cutting Masters Invitational Exhibition, the 19th China Harbin International Economic and Trade Fair, and the 9th Harbin Folk Art Expo, as aThe product has been widely praised. On July 22, Heilongjiang Daily Newspaper Group, together with Fangzheng County Party Committee and County Government, held the "Fangzheng Paper-cut Exhibition" at the Heilongjiang Art Museum, which was well received by all walks of life. In October of the same year, Ni Xiumei, the author of the Founder paper-cutting, collaborated with Harbin Post to create a stamp "Peace and Development" for the business summit discussion between China and Latin America. It was distributed to representatives of various countries with exquisite folk culture from the province, displaying the national intangible cultural heritage of our county. of infinite charm.
Fangzheng paper-cutting has participated in many exhibitions, and its popularity has been greatly improved. From the self-entertainment of individual paper-cutting artists, it has gradually moved to the market and to the world. A large number of Japanese and Korean tourists have taken Founder paper-cutting abroad, and it has been favored by foreign friends. There are constant letters from people asking to buy.
