Fujian folk paper-cut art

Chinas paper-cut art has a long history. Paper-cutting also has a wide range of uses: window decorations, lanterns, embroidery and other manuscripts, as well as being used in furniture decoration and as a base for copying paint paintings. Paper-cutting has become a part of modern handicrafts. Since design and production are not completely separated, the influence of traditional style, personal experience and interest often runs through the entire product production process. Paper-cutting has the characteristics of nationalization, personalization and stylization, and its unique kindness , delicate and natural beauty cannot be replaced by high-tech products. However, due to the constraints of its production process and its relatively closed development form, it cannot be as popular as industrial products.

Fujian is also known as "Eight Fujian". Many paper-cutting artists use scissors to write and cut and carve simultaneously. They are shaped like knives and can operate freely without revealing their sharp edges. Their shapes are vivid and their expressions are lifelike. They represent their respective paper-cuttings from all sides. style and features. Nanping, Hua'an and other places in northern Fujian depict more mountain poultry and domestic animals, with a strong sense of simplicity and simplicity; southern Fujian often uses marine animals in paintings, tending to be delicate and vivid; Putian and Xianyou areas use gorgeous and delicate gift flowers in paintings . Based on their respective regional environment, cultural background and usage needs, Fujian paper-cutting artists are good at showing things from different times and spaces in the same picture. They let their thoughts and emotions travel with the scissors on the paper to express and express themselves to their hearts content, but the overall style belongs to Chinese paper-cutting. Southern faction in. (More recommended reading: Comparison of paper-cut styles in the north and south)