Analysis of Chinese Folk Custom Paper-cutting
Chinese folk paper-cutting has a long history. Paper-cut gold foil products appeared in the Shang Dynasty. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, major folk festivals in my country had been formed in the vast areas of the Central Plains and gradually spread to remote areas. Paper-cutting also began to spread from craft patterns to famous and popular fields. During the Song Dynasty, it entered a period of rapid development. It reached its peak in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with various patterns such as window grilles, hanging paper, lanterns, wedding flowers, fireworks, and embroidered flowers. It was an indispensable art form in peoples lives.
Folk custom paper-cutting is a rare historical treasure. Its art form, expression techniques and profound folk connotation are worthy of in-depth exploration and research.
The rich and colorful Chinese folk paper-cut art, like Chinese folk songs, folk stories, myths and legends, is the most widely popular and richest national characteristic of Chinese folk art among the working people of China - mainly farmers, and more The main thing is an art form created by rural women that directly reflects the lives, thoughts, emotions and wishes of the Chinese working people, and is closely related to the spiritual life of the working people.
The tools, materials and production methods of paper-cut art are very simple, just a pair of scissors and a few pieces of colored paper. Generally, multiple pieces of paper are stacked together for cutting at the same time, so that more of the same work can be cut out each time.
The important factors that constitute the special style of paper-cut art are first determined by its original tool materials and production techniques. While using the most concise lines to express the content, in order to prevent the various parts of a paper-cut work from being scattered and falling off, it is also necessary to pay attention to the interconnection of each line during the cutting process. Therefore, paper-cutting cannot be required to achieve the complex details that can be expressed in ordinary paintings. Furthermore, since paper-cutting is mostly a spare time activity for working people, paper-cutting artists have not received any so-called "formal" training in painting. Therefore, I can only rely on my own intuition and impression of objective things and combine it with my inner simple ideals, so as to develop a free form of expression without any formality or pretense. From this, the art of paper-cutting is irreplaceable by any intellectuals or artists, and is full of bold courage and simple and healthy emotions of the working people.
