Famous paper-cutting artists across the country gathered in Yangzhou to celebrate the 70th birthday of paper-cutting master Zhang Xiufang
Speaking of paper-cutting master Zhang Xiufang, everyone in the Chinese folk paper-cutting community knows it. Zhang Xiufangs paper-cut works are delicate and soft, and each of her works seems to be a beautiful piece of music. The fine lines depict each image and pattern in the paper-cutting vividly and full of artistic sense. When many Western paper art enthusiasts saw the paper-cut works of paper-cut master Zhang Xiufang for the first time, they were surprised to think that these works were engraved by laser, which shows the high level of sophistication of his works. But even if there is a machine that can imitate Zhang Xiufangs paper-cut works, its vivid cultural connotation and ingenious texture and pattern conception cannot be copied. And this has become the unique feature of paper-cutting works by paper-cutting master Zhang Xiufang.
Zhang Xiulan, the representative figure of Yangzhou paper-cutting
As a representative figure of Yangzhou paper-cutting, Zhang Xiufang began to learn paper-cutting skills in 1956, studying under Mr. Zhang Yongshou, a famous master of arts and crafts in my country. Zhang Xiufang has continued to create all year round, and her representative works include "A Hundred Birds Struggle for Beauty", "Fireworks in March" and "Crane Dancing in the Sky". Among them, "Fireworks in March" was successfully sold at a very high price of 4.6 yuan, making it the most expensive paper-cut work in the Yangzhou paper-cut art collection industry.
Yangzhou paper-cut works Zhang Xiulan "Lotus Heron"
On November 23, well-known paper-cutting artists from all over the country and representative inheritors of paper-cutting projects in various regions gathered at the Yangzhou Arts and Crafts Museum to congratulate Zhang Xiufang, the famous paper-cutting master in my country, on his 70th birthday.
Yangzhou Paper-cut Collection Zhang Xiulan "Eight Dragons Playing with Pearls"
At the banquet, many paper-cutting artists sighed. Nowadays, artists with high paper-cutting skills are old, but few young people are willing to inherit the paper-cutting skills of the older generation. This has also made the paper-cutting industry in my country difficult. In the process of development, it faces the danger of annihilation. You must know that paper-cutting, as a traditional handicraft cultural skill in my country, enjoys a high reputation internationally. Even though there are various types of paper-cutting exhibitions and activities every year internationally, there are very few exchange activities in domestic paper-cutting. The main reason is that the modern young generation does not have a deep understanding of paper-cutting, a skill with a long cultural tradition. In the future, it is necessary to continuously increase the publicity of traditional folk paper-cutting culture and continue to enhance the status of traditional folk paper-cutting artists, so as to find and open up a new way to develop and promote Chinese folk paper-cutting culture.
Yangzhou paper-cut works Zhang Xiulan "Sunset"
