Chaoyang paper-cut and Foshan paper-cut among Lingnan paper-cuts
Lingnan paper-cutting is mainly represented by Chaoyang paper-cutting and Foshan paper-cutting, both of which originate from the Central Plains paper-cutting art. Foshan paper-cutting combines local folk customs. By the Qing Dynasty, Foshan paper-cutting had gradually formed a commercial market and guild organizations had emerged. At the beginning of the 20th century, the division of labor in Foshan paper-cutting became more and more detailed, and gave rise to related products such as door money, gold flower, fushuyi paper, fairy tale, stream paper, ground paper, beaten copper, copper foil, dipping paper, cinnabar New Year red dyeing Paper, bonus dyed paper, dyed paper and other industries are booming. Foshan paper-cutting is divided into four major types: solid color paper-cutting, lining paper-cutting, writing paper-cutting, and copper chisel paper-cutting. Depending on the materials used, it can be divided into solid color material, paper lining material, and copper lining material. There are 9 types of dyeing materials, woodcut overprinting materials, copper writing materials, silver writing materials, paper writing materials, and copper chisel materials. The content and form of Foshan paper-cutting are mainly based on the traditional themes of celebration, auspiciousness, exorcism, blessing, having many children, longevity, etc. The most distinctive feature is the use of copper foil with brightly colored paper to form a unique ground paper-cutting style. Unique expression.
Foshan folk paper-cut works
Chaoyang paper-cutting is mainly distributed in the Chaoshan area of ??Guangdong. There are various forms of paper-cutting, which mainly express auspicious themes such as auspiciousness and celebration, five blessings, good fortune and longevity, good harvests, long heirs, prosperous livestock and other auspicious themes. They are usually used during the eight festivals of the year, the game of wandering gods, weddings, funerals and longevity feasts, ancestor worship and worship of gods. Used as decoration during events. decoration. in addition. There are also some daily life content, such as flowers, birds, insects, fish, animals, folklore, fairy tales, opera characters, ordinary people, etc. Among them, the majority of them are aquatic seafood, such as fish, crabs, lobsters, squid, etc. Chaoyang paper-cutting also has some decorative offerings and gift patterns. Chaoyang paper-cutting has rich and flexible shapes, the composition is mainly symmetrical, the structure is balanced and rigorous, and the graphics are full but not cluttered. Its "flowers within flowers" layout is the most distinctive, dense and exquisite, exquisite and clear. The knife technique is exquisite and delicate, mainly using Yang Yi scissors, combined with Yin scissors. The lines of the male scissors are neat and delicate, while the lines of the female scissors are thick and powerful, plus. The technique of "flowers within flowers" is very expressive and has strong Lingnan coastal characteristics.
Chaoyang paper-cut work "Hope" Author: Lian Shaoru
In general, Lingnan paper-cut art has the characteristics of simple and concise composition, exaggerated shape and strong decoration. General: All naturally contain the characteristics of traditional Chinese culture, and this characteristic is reflected in the traditional cognitive philosophy of the Chinese nation.
The author of this article: Liu Zhouhai, teacher of Art Design Department, Sun Yat-sen Vocational and Technical College
