Folk paper-cutting of ethnic minorities in Northeast Inner Mongolia
The ethnic minorities in Northeast and Inner Mongolia mainly refer to the 7 ethnic minorities including Manchu, Mongolian, Korean, Hezhe, Oroqen, Ewenki and Daur living in the three northeastern provinces of Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Jilin and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. This area is the main birthplace of my country’s nomadic culture, fishing and hunting culture.
Northeast China and Inner Mongolia have a vast territory with numerous mountain ranges and water systems. Most of them are high-latitude plains and alpine mountains. Most ethnic groups have had fishing, hunting, nomadic, farming and other economic cultures in history, forming distinctive ethnic and regional cultural characteristics. . Influenced by living customs and historical and geographical environment, it has strong regional characteristics and a rough and open-minded national character, which is reflected in its paper-cutting art, which is also bold and focused on silhouettes.
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The carving techniques of all ethnic groups in Northeast Inner Mongolia are relatively developed, and are mostly used in small production tools or daily necessities for animal husbandry, fishing and hunting. Among them, the Mongolian carving skills have a higher level and a richer variety. Their traditional folk crafts, such as wine sets, saddles, gold and silver utensil making, felt carpet making, leather making, etc., are both practical products for daily life and folk handicrafts. The Daur, Ewenki, Oroqen and other ethnic groups are good at bone and wood carving, especially birch bark carving. They often carve beautiful patterns on saddles, scabbards, basins, bowls, and cabinets, with rich ethnic styles.
The embroidery of Northeastern ethnic minorities often uses leather and cloth to cut and embroider colorful patterns such as flowers, birds, fish, insects, sun, moon, landscapes, etc. on clothes, trousers, bedding, and tents, just like the cut-and-paste on the fish skin and animal skin clothing of the Hezhen ethnic group. Pattern decoration. In addition, there are also embroidery patterns for clothing and daily necessities like the paper-cuts of the Daur people.
