2012 Paper-cut Dragon Patterns and Year of the Dragon Paper-cut Tutorials
In the Year of the Dragon paper-cut patterns, they are often paired with the image of auspicious clouds, or we call them cirrus clouds. As a natural elephant, the rolling and changing shapes of clouds and their close relationship with rainwater cannot fail to attract the attention of the ancients. The concentration and dispersion of clouds and rain directly affects production and life. It is natural for the people to awe and worship the clouds. Therefore, when the ancients gathered the dragon, the "god of rain", it was impossible to separate the clouds. Excluded. "Book of Changes Qian" says "Yun Conglong". This means that the origin of the paper-cut dragon is likely to come from the paper-cut cloud. Kong Yingda, a scholar of the Tang Dynasty, explained: "The dragon is a water animal, and the clouds are water vapor, so the dragons chant is the scene where the clouds come out" (((Commentaries on the Twelve Classics), Part 1). "Huainanzi Wenxun" says: "The dragon lifts And Jingyun belongs to "". "Huainanzi·Topography" explains: "Huanglong enters Tibet and produces green springs. Picture 17 "Yunlong" decorates Huangquan in the Warring States Period, and yellow clouds rise above Huangquan. ... Qinglong enters Tibet and produces green springs, and green springs Green clouds are formed on the grass. ... When a red dragon enters Tibet, red springs are born. On red springs, red clouds are born on the grass. ... When dragons enter Tibet, they are born from springs. When white springs rise, clouds are born on the grass. "Xuanquan, Xuanquan is covered with mysterious clouds." The explanation of "Lunheng Longxu Chapter" is: "Clouds and rain touch dragons, and dragons also rise from clouds and rise to the sky." Without dragons, clouds cannot rise; without clouds , a dragon has no spirit.
But in this paper-cut tutorial, there is no image of a paper-cut cloud, but an image similar to a giant salamander. Regarding the origin of dragons, one of them is that the image of the paper-cut dragon is likely to have originated from the giant salamander. This is mainly because many of the body characteristics of the giant salamander are very similar to the dragons in Chinese mythology. Although this paper-cut pattern is quite different from the dragons we usually see, due to its linesIt is simpler, so it is more suitable for paper cutting novices to practice making.
1. To prepare for paper-cutting, you can prepare several pieces of red colored paper and stack them together. Then use a stapler to fix its four corners to ensure that it does not slip during the cutting operation.
2. Tracing, the characteristic of this paper-cut pattern lies in the hanging aspect of the body lines. The pattern on the body does not use the classic scale pattern of the paper-cut dragon, but directly uses the plum blossom pattern that symbolizes spring. Such an auspicious meaning has not been seen in the production of paper-cut dragons in the past.
3. Paper cutting and engraving. This paper-cut dragon pattern is relatively rough in layout and has a traditional folk paper-cut style, so you can use it as you like when making specific cuts. The scale structure on the dragon body has a certain degree of symmetry. For paper-cutters who want to simplify the operation, they can directly make it through symmetrical paper-cutting.
