The role of family inheritance in the inheritance of Zhongyang Luliang paper-cutting
Family inheritance is an internal inheritance of skills. The acquisition of skills and know-how come from internal members of the family. It should be said that in the general way of inheriting folk crafts, there is generally a family inheritance method, which is called "ancestral inheritance" among the people. It includes the learning and inheritance of the next generation from the previous generation, as well as the mutual influence between peers. Zhongyang paper-cut makers generally have the experience of learning from their mothers and grandmothers since childhood. Among the top ten inheritors of folk paper-cutting in Zhongyang County announced by the Zhongyang County Party Committee and County Government, most artists began to engage in paper-cutting creations under the influence of their families. Two representative figures are selected for explanation below.
Case 1:
Wang Jiru, female, born in 1948, lives in the Pangjiahui Neighborhood Committee, Ningxiang Town, Zhongyang County. He learned paper-cutting and embroidery from his grandmother at the age of 13. From 1978, he started to cut window grilles, lanterns, and clouds to pass on folk customs and reflect folk customs. She is skilled in cutting, shaping, embroidering, and tying skills, and has a brain full of ancient culture, folk customs, primitive auspicious symbols, patterns, and sayings. She is introverted, hard-working, simple, loyal and good at using her brain. A straight and gentle soul, full of expectations and love for the paper-cutting career. For more than 30 years, he has made selfless contributions to Zhongyang paper-cutting and cut thousands of fine products. Spread all over the world, north and south. Her traditional works "Chicken Catching Doll", "Sheep Washing", "Lantern Festival Roasted Date Mountain", "Temple Fair", "Exorcism" and "Shaxi Merchants" have all participated in national exhibitions and international paper-cutting art festivals and won awards. He has more than 50 titles and is a director of the China Cutting Association. In 2007, he was announced by the State Council as one of the first batch of national-level Zhongyang paper-cutting inheritors. Her paper-cuts are individual, with deep ancient cultural connotations. The compositions are bright, concise, limited exaggeration, delicate and thick, with a strong flavor of life. The characters are not cumbersome but have the remains of primitive culture. They have helped Zhongyang become the hometown of Chinese folk art and the The national intangible cultural heritage project has made immeasurable contributions.
Case 2:
Liu Yulian: Female, born in 1949, member of the neighborhood committee of Pangjiahui, Ningxiang Town, Zhongyang County. From his youth, he was educated and influenced by his mother and mother-in-law, and he learned the skills of cutting flowers, embroidering, and kneading flowers. She is studious by nature and likes to incorporate real-life customs into her paper-cut works. The works are rough and clumsy, grand and simple, the composition is informal and arbitrary, and the paper-cut language is used just right. She is very savvy, not rigid or rigid, and makes clever use of traditional paper-cutting. Since the 1970s, he has been creating folk paper-cutting and reflecting folk customs. He has participated in many professional exhibitions across the country. He is a prolific author and has won many awards at the provincial level and above. He is a member of the Chinese Folk Paper-cutting Research Association and the East-West (New York) Artists Association. Member; Director of the Provincial Cutting Association. He has made outstanding contributions to the protection and transmission of Zhongyang paper-cutting. Her masterpieces are reflected in every exhibition. She has no culture but no talent, and is one of the top ten people in our county. Representative works include "Lotus Doll Series", "Bangs Spreading Threads", "December Folk Customs", etc.
In addition, there are paper-cutting artists such as Gao Baoxiang and Ma Ailian whose paper-cutting skills were also influenced by their mothers or grandmothers. Gao Baoxiangs grandmother and mother are both famous local paper-cutting experts. She has been influenced by the art of paper-cutting since she was a child. On the basis of inheriting the traditional paper-cutting art, she has continued to innovate and reflect the new life of contemporary farmers in terms of subject matter and composition. Created a large number of paper-cut patterns, forming a bright and cheerful style. Paper-cutting artist Li Aiping was also born in a paper-cutting family. She learned paper-cutting from her mother at the age of 12. After graduating from high school, she went to a provincial university to learn paper-cutting skills at her own expense, thus broadening her paper-cutting horizons and creating many new paper-cutting themes. Family inheritance will undoubtedly restrict the production method and destiny of paper-cutting art. Its production method is limited to a certain bloodline network
In the network. In terms of basic skills, creative styles and talent distribution, it has largely restricted the exchange and development of paper-cutting skills. Objectively, it has constituted a devastating crisis for the inheritance of craft skills, often leading to the decline of craftsmanship. As the saying goes, people live in art, and people lose art. It is rare to have a social mechanism that ensures extensive exchanges, excellence, and healthy development of folk crafts.
