The role of Huangdao Xin'an paper-cutting
Xin'an paper-cutting is similar to traditional Chinese paper-cutting. Most of them are used on major festive festivals to enhance the festive atmosphere, and most of them are made of red paper. But there are also black paper-cuts on festive days. When the walls and ceiling of the room are covered with red or pink paper, black paper-cuts are then pasted on top, so that the contrast between black and red is particularly beautiful. The other type is used during funerals, most of which are blue-purple.
Today, the atmosphere of commercialization has seriously affected the function of traditional paper-cutting. It has changed from paper-cutting, which was originally used in major festive festivals and meant auspiciousness, to an ornament that dominates the appreciation. Most of Guan Rus paper-cutting is still used as a handicraft. Buying them for appreciation is no longer a necessity for festive festivals in the past. Paper-cuts with many traditional themes have gradually withdrawn from the stage of history, and have been replaced by pictures of beautiful women, landscapes, and historical stories that are mainly for appreciation. Guan Ru said that she once spent a month designing and completing "four beautiful pictures". The patterns of the works were derived from various materials. For some details such as the patterns of clothes, she designed them herself, drew them based on experience and then cut them. In this way, based on the materials and My own creative way of paper-cutting has basically broken away from the traditional purpose of serving festive festivals and is purely a commercial act. Although paper-cutting decades ago was also for buying and selling and making a living, paper-cutting still revolves around festive festivals. To create.
After Guan Ru’s work was completed, it was framed to add a bit of beauty to the whole work, making the originally beautiful paper-cut “beauty picture” more beautiful and enhancing the aesthetic value. In this way, the price of each work will rise invisibly. Generally speaking, the cost of todays paper-cutting is constantly increasing, and the purpose of paper-cutting is gradually becoming single. It is mainly for appreciation and decoration of life. The appreciation value is higher than the practical value. Paper-cutting is for profit. The traditional purpose of relying on paper-cutting to maintain health has been changed, and commerce has taken the dominant position.
Guan Ru also led apprentices during the paper-cutting process. They mainly studied during holidays when they had time, and they also won prizes in competitions. There are no artists who learn Xin'an paper-cutting full-time, it is all done as a hobby. Therefore, the development prospects of Xin'an paper-cutting are not very optimistic. Many artists and leaders are also taking measures to protect andInherit and develop. (Other contents of Xin'an paper-cutting: The subject matter and steps of Xin'an paper-cutting)
Xin'an paper-cutting is an epitome of traditional Chinese paper-cutting. The difficulties it faces are undeniable. How to inherit and develop it has never been perfect. We can only move forward in exploration. While inheriting the tradition, we hope for paper-cutting. It can bring more benefits to everyone and enable this traditional art to be passed down healthily.
