A brief introduction to folk paper-cutting in northwest provinces
Ningxia Hui folk paper-cutting reflects the connotation of Islamic culture as well as national and regional cultural characteristics. Influenced by the paper-cutting tutorials of the Han people in neighboring Gansu and Shaanxi provinces, it is mostly used as a work of art for people to appreciate. The most commonly used ones are window grilles, which are generally used to set off the atmosphere during traditional festivals, moving to a new home, holding weddings, congratulating children and other festive events. They are both practical and beautiful. Use red paper to cut out various beautiful patterns and paste them on the window frames to express your pursuit of a happy life. In order not to affect the indoor light, the outline of the window grilles is generally smaller except for the corner flowers at the four corners and the cut flowers. Window grilles for new houses are generally made of red, yellow, and green colored paper and cut using techniques such as folding, color matching, and outlining. Hui paper-cutting pays attention to decoration and is influenced by Islamic art. In terms of style, it emphasizes content but form, and uses freehand techniques to reflect the decorative effect. They often use metaphors, homonyms, symbols and other techniques to implicitly eulogize peoples wishes for a better life.
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There are many ethnic minorities in Qinghai Province. Whether they are Han, Tibetan, Tu, Salar or Hui, they all have the custom of paper-cutting. Generally, they are cut on paper of various textures during the New Year or during the off-season. They are mainly used for window decorations, lanterns, door letters, embroidery patterns, social fire decorations, shoe patterns, wedding and funeral decorations, etc. Most of the content is based on traditional themes spread among the people, including folklore, mythological stories, opera characters, animals and plants, and auspicious patterns that symbolize beautiful things. As a folk art, Qinghai paper-cutting has a broad mass base, and people in rural areas like paper-cutting.
The style of paper-cutting is basically simple, rough, subtle, and casual. Simplicity contains grandeur, and simplicity reveals dignity. And due to the different degrees of external influence, there will be differences in style.
" in it. Due to differences in language, culture, and living customs, the paper-cutting art in Xinjiang is characterized by a mixture of shapes and aesthetic differences: Kashgar, Shadong, Kuqa, and Aksu in southern Xinjiang are "silk-cut"It is the main road of the "Silk Road" and the intersection of Buddhist art and Islamic art. It has the characteristics of desert art style, mostly decorated with almonds and four-petal flowers; Ili, Altai, Bole, etc. in northern Xinjiang The grassland nomads in the region have retained the traditional folk paper-cutting style of the early primitive peoples; in Turpan, Hami and other places in eastern Xinjiang, influenced by the Han nationality and various ethnic groups and religions in Central Asia, the folk paper-cutting styles are changeable, and grape pattern decoration is mainly used; The Han and Hui ethnic groups in Shihezi, Urumqi and other places have integrated folk paper-cut styles from all over the country.
