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The art of spatial dislocation in Manchu folk paper-cut patterns

The art of spatial dislocation in Manchu folk paper-cut patterns The art of spatial dislocation in Manchu folk paper-cut patterns

The ancestors of the Manchu people organically intersected and dislocated the images of different time and space in nature. In the space of thinking, through imagination, association, fantasy and other psychological factors, they combined various seemingly unrelated shapes through Subjective ideas are connected to form a complete artistic image.


This type of modeling requires a clear understanding of the characteristics of various images themselves, keen observation of natural images and creativity in modeling. In modeling, we must not only pay attention to the characteristics of the image itself, but also be able to grasp various shapes. The same concept and complete image formed after synthesis.


The art of spatial dislocation in Manchu folk paper-cut patterns


The folk paper-cut patterns depict the cultural atmosphere of ancient nations, showing aesthetic tension in silence. Driven by psychological imagery, the ancestors used the shaman who gave birth to children as the main body of the shape, mutated the character image, and enhanced it with a handbag symbolizing reproduction, showing the coordination and unity of the basic form. It deforms objects in different spaces such as people, earth, plants, sun, moon, firebirds, butterflies, etc., to achieve the completeness of ideas and the simplification of shapes, and overall express the aesthetic image of working people in a specific environment. In terms of decorative modeling, it is also a relatively typical image deformation.