Folk paper-cutting artists need to organize their paper-cutting skills
The current academic work on folk paper-cutting mainly includes: first, collecting traditional paper-cutting from various places in the form of individuals or paper-cutting organizations; second, organizing exhibitions of works of folk paper-cutting artists; third , holding various academic seminars and promoting paper-cutting culture to the society through various channels.
Since the reform and opening up, the academic community has done a series of basic work for Chinese folk paper-cutting, including establishing various folk paper-cutting organizations and holding various exhibitions. Especially in the 1980s, many cities, counties and township cultural centers or cultural centers across the country The professional art cadres of the Mass Art Museum went to the grassroots level to investigate folk paper-cutting authors, collected and sorted out folk paper-cutting works, and organized folk paper-cutting classes to help and train a large number of folk paper-cutting artists.
In February 2003, the China Academy of Arts established the National Center for the Protection of Chinese Ethnic and Folk Culture. Many universities have also established intangible cultural heritage centers to hold relevant seminars and exchange activities. Inspired by these exhibitions and seminars, many folk paper-cutting artists began to gradually realize the cultural value of their craftsmanship. Through such exchange activities, their vision and ideas became broader, and their works became more creative.
But on the other hand, there are many paper-cutting artists who are restricted by their cultural level and economic conditions. They lack such opportunities. Although they have unique skills, they can only remain unknown, or even give up due to the pressure of life. There are also many artists who have become complacent due to the sudden exposure and have relaxed themselves in the pursuit of skills. In response to these situations, academics, as masters of theoretical culture and information resources, must take a series of measures to help them. In addition to caring for and encouraging paper-cut inheritors, we should also pay attention to the exchange of ideas with the inheritors.
As a folk skill, the skills of folk paper-cutting artists are mostly inherited from their families or influenced by their own eyes and ears. Due to their personal talent and diligence, they have developed admirable skills. Although they have their own understanding of paper-cutting, they cannot The formation of systematic and scientific theoretical expressions is one of the reasons why folk culture has evolved slowly over thousands of years. Although many people in academia are studying paper-cutting, they themselves lack the local inheritance skills of folk paper-cutting.Art background, so the cooperation between the two parties is the prerequisite for establishing a more scientific and systematic theory of paper-cutting techniques. Especially in terms of organizing and developing their skills, the academic community should help and urge paper-cutting artists to summarize their skills from a theoretical perspective, so that while the quality of the paper-cutting artists can be improved, the development of paper-cutting art will have greater potential. space. In addition, the process itself will give paper-cutting artists greater cultural confidence and cultural awareness, and the spiritual outlook of the inheritors will be renewed, and their work will be more effective.
