The image of time and space of folk paper-cutting
The image space and time of folk paper-cutting is reflected in all aspects of paper-cut modeling. In folk paper-cut works, artistic techniques such as selection, compression, emphasis, exaggeration, superposition, and substitution are used to innovate, forming an artistic style of innocence, generalization, random decoration, and liveliness, showing the form of overlapping images.
Folk paper-cutting often selects typical things that can clearly express and symbolize a specific time and space, and reflect the changes in time and space in the form of single paintings or group paintings. For example, spring is often expressed with weeping willows and peonies, while winter is often expressed with "bamboo fire (for peace)" and "three friends in the cold year" and so on. The themes of this type of works are relatively fixed. The scenery of the four seasons that people choose to depict must be endowed with beautiful meanings through long-term historical inheritance, cultural accumulation and customs. Things that have the function of praying for blessings and good luck, and the meanings expressed are also relatively complex. Constant - not only indicates a specific time, but also contains auspicious meanings.
This type of work is created to cater to certain seasons and festivals, and its main purpose is to express auspiciousness. It fully reflects the Chinese peoples world view and pursuit of a better life, and also reflects the peace of mind and emotion of the creator of such works. Such kindness and beautiful wishes...Only people who love peace and cherish happiness can create such beautiful art and culture.
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Qingyang paper-cutting "Sanyang Kaitai"
Many artistic elements in folk paper-cutting art are made transparent so that things in different spaces can be presented on the same plane. In the Qingyang paper-cut "Old Cat Catching Mouse", the old cat plays with the birds under its paws and has already eaten a big mouse in its belly, and the big mouse is pregnant with a mouse cub. Folk artists use this transparent method to skillfully arrange things in different spaces on the same plane, which is unique and interesting. In this time-space expression mode, the artist uses the method of peeling off the skin layer by layer to describe the changes in space, showing the viewer a space that not only contains the whole but also is rich in details and clear internal structure in a cross-sectional pattern.
Folk paper-cutting artWhen people are creating, their minds and eyes not only wander freely in the painting, but also constantly wander inside and outside the painting. The scenery moves with the heart, and the scenery appears in the heart. Their careful wandering and absolute active grasp of space dominate the painting
The layout of the display is entirely based on imagery to express the concept of time and space. Zong Baihua said: "The eyes of Chinese painters do not focus on a focus of perspective from a fixed angle. Instead, they glance up and down in all directions, with a thousand-mile glance, grasping the rhythm of the opening and closing of yin and yang, and the ups and downs of the panoramic view." "The painter is in the picture. What we want to express is not just a spatial 'universe' with architectural meaning, but also a time-rhythm 'universe' with musical meaning. A universe full of musical interest (the integration of time and space) is the artistic soul of Chinese painters and poets." ②According to the authors analysis of folk paper-cut works, Zong Baihuas summary of the time-space grasp characteristics of Chinese poets and painters is also consistent with the time-space expression model of Chinese folk paper-cut artists. The space expressed by paper-cutting artists flows and changes in time, and is a space rich in rhythm and rhythm. They also express the flow of time in still images, using spatial displacement to indicate the passage of time.
Author: Wang Min, School of Fine Arts, West China Normal University
