Chinese folk paper-cut culture enriches international Chinese teaching content
Chinese paper-cutting, as a traditional folk art with a history of thousands of years, has left precious artistic wealth to future generations in terms of subject matter, art form, art style and other aspects. In the context of international Chinese teaching, the content of paper-cutting teaching should follow the principle of diversity and try to fully demonstrate the artistic charm of Chinese paper-cutting to the teaching objects. The diversification of teaching content is mainly reflected in the following aspects. The first is the diversification of themes.
In Chinese paper-cutting, there are a large number of traditional themes with profound cultural implications, such as peonies, lotus, phoenix, fish, etc. In a sense, these themes have become symbols of Chinese auspicious culture. Students Through these symbols, understand and learn Chinas auspicious culture. But this does not mean that all paper-cut patterns with meanings can be included in teaching, because the actual situation of the students and the practicality of the patterns in specific teaching must also be considered. Try to choose representative auspicious patterns that are more practical and practical. Teach strong themes. Second is the diversification of art forms.
When it comes to Chinese paper-cutting, the first thing that comes to mind is the red and festive window grilles. Red paper-cutting is just one type of Chinese paper-cutting. Because in Chinese culture, red can attract good luck and ward off evil spirits, red has become an auspicious color. Chinese people often like to post red couplets and red window grilles during the New Year. But in paper-cutting, there are also colored paper-cuttings. One is dyed paper-cutting, which is to use white rice paper to cut out the pattern and then color it; the other is collage paper-cutting, which is to use colored paper of different colors to collage the paper-cutting pattern. These different forms of paper-cutting can be used as the content of paper-cutting teaching, which can greatly enrich the teaching content and make the paper-cutting class more lively.
