An introduction to Buyi folk paper-cutting

Buyi paper-cutting is widely used in folk life: as embroidery bases, there are mostly apron flowers, hat flowers, back fan flowers, shoe flowers, purse flowers, clothes edge flowers, pillow flowers, tent eaves flowers, etc.; Most of the cloth appliqués are apron flowers, bedsheet flowers, dress flowers, etc.; there are also decorative paper-cuts and funeral door notes, with pairs of cows and sheep cut out of white paper and pasted on both sides of the mourning hall; paper-cuts of wedding flowers such as Double Happiness are used in wedding customs.

The apron flowers in Buyi paper-cuts are mainly plant patterns, and are mostly slender and agile; the clothes edge flowers and door curtain flowers are mostly swirl patterns, forming a triangular or square pattern, which is regular and full of liveliness; the back fan flowers are mostly in the form of scrolls. Realistic patterns are mainly used, but using deformed and exaggerated techniques, most of the patterns have been patterned, making the paper-cutting show a dignified and elegant style. The main flower of the back fan flower is a pattern composed of squares and triangles, surrounded by deformed bird patterns, deformed butterfly patterns, etc. The straps are decorated with entangled flowers and money patterns, which together form the pattern of the back fan.

Most of the paper-cut creators are farm women, and the themes they express are often the things they love and care about the most, such as flowers, birds, poultry, fruits and trees, auspicious patterns, and the words "happiness" and "freedom", etc., which have a strong flavor of life and are deeply rooted in the world. Popular with the masses.