High summary and simplicity of Chinese folk paper-cutting
Restricted by the tools, materials and other conditions for making paper-cutting, folk paper-cutting is limited by the tools and materials and its own conditions. Over time, the use of cutting and carving to express objective objects has formed a highly generalized and highly concise form. The artistic characteristics form a set of definite pattern symbols, and the theme to be expressed can be clearly seen and understood by everyone.
Symbols refer to logos with certain representative meanings. Derived from regulations or conventions, it has simple form, wide variety, wide range of uses, and strong artistic charm. Symbolic patterns refer to patterns extracted using artistic means that can reflect human emotions. As a material carrier of folk cultural activities, paper-cutting has gradually formed an intuitive symbolic element of ethnic identification. Each pattern contains a meaning that is universally recognized. There is a certain set of symbolic patterns, such as the concise summary in the paper-cutting pattern. Pattern. Symbols have a dualistic concept - signifier and signified. Simply put, the signifier is the form and the representation; the signified is the content, meaning and concept. In folk paper-cutting, it is the form of the paper-cut pattern; it refers to the symbolic content, that is, a certain pattern represents a specific meaning. Paper-cutting is centered on symbols, using different patterns to combine and express the characteristics of "the picture must be intentional and the meaning must be auspicious".
