Traditional Paper Cutting Spring Festival Hot Sale
With the improvement of peoples living standards, people no longer pursue so-called fashion and fashion content as much as in the past, but instead focus more on traditional paper art works. The Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger is coming soon, which has also made the Year of the Tiger paper-cuts very popular. Many paper-cut companies have launched paper-cut works related to the main body of the tiger. They have been very popular as soon as they were launched on the market. Some products are even hard to find. .
As the Spring Festival approaches, various handcrafted products become more and more popular. What is different from previous years is that this year, in addition to buying cross-stitch, window grilles and other handicrafts, many people are also particularly interested in folk paper-cut handicrafts. Paper-cutting has just been included in the World Intangible Cultural Heritage List, and paper-cutting art has become peoples first choice for decorating their homes and giving gifts to relatives and friends during the New Year.
Paper-cutting company’s turnover surges tenfold
In the exhibition hall of the Paper-cut Association Member Exhibition in Hefei, this exhibition hall with the characteristics of floor painting is less than 30 square meters, and the walls are covered with various paper-cut crafts. "More than a thousand paper-cut handicrafts are displayed here, all from the hands of members of the Hefei Paper-cut Art Association." Zhu Shanzhong, secretary-general of the Hefei Paper-cut Art Committee, said that there are many types of paper-cuts, including festive and auspicious paper-cuts, opera character masks, landscapes, flowers and birds There are nearly ten categories including paper-cutting, and there are also "DIY" paper-cutting samples being developed by the "Huaxia Red" paper-cutting company.
In addition to serving on the Hefei Paper-cutting Art Committee, Zhu Shanzhong and his wife also opened the only professional paper-cutting company in the provincial capital at the beginning of last year. The company now has nearly 20 employees and deals in various paper-cutting crafts.
Since paper-cutting was officially added to the World Intangible Cultural Heritage List last year, Zhu Shanzhong’s business has boomed. "Originally, the companys monthly turnover was less than 2,000 yuan. After paper-cutting was added to the 'intangible cultural heritage' list, the 'worth' skyrocketed. Cheaper paper-cut artworks sold for 3 to 5 yuan, while more expensive ones cost hundreds or thousands of yuan. The average monthly turnover reaches nearly 20,000 yuan." He told reporters that not only domestic merchants from all over the country come to the company for purchase, but also foreign merchants from the United States, Japan, Singapore and other countries. "Now that the Chinese New Year is approaching, many citizens have begun to order paper-cuts for home decoration, gifts for relatives and friends, or as commemorative collections. This year is the Year of the Tiger, and paper-cuts with tiger patterns are selling particularly well.";
The reporter met a Canadian Chinese in the exhibition hall. She introduced herself as the principal of a local art school and planned to take some paper-cutting back home and hold a paper-cutting art exhibition to spread Chinas intangible cultural heritage to foreign students.
Paper-cuts in the shape of tigers are very popular
This year is the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese lunar calendar. Nowadays, all kinds of "Chinese red" paper-cuts in the shape of tigers are more popular than usual in all parts of China. Each piece of festive and exquisite paper-cutting expresses everyone’s best wishes for the New Year.
In Shanxi, the arrival of the Year of the Tiger has made "tiger element" paper-cuts sell at good prices. On New Years Eve in 2010, the 5,000 "tiger paper-cut calendars" produced by folk artists in Guangling County have been sold out. Now they are still working overtime to make the "tiger head" called "Five Blessings". It is understood that "Five Blessings" consists of five different tiger shapes. Although the price is high, some even as high as a thousand yuan, more than 300 pieces have been sold.
"Chinese people pay attention to auspiciousness during the New Year. Red paper-cuts are posted on doors, windows, bedside, or in places they like. It looks very festive at first glance." Zhao Yan, who lives in Shuangta West Street, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, specially chose a set Make paper-cuts of the twelve zodiac animals and prepare to decorate your home with your family on New Year’s Eve.
"What is cut out is culture, and what remains in peoples hearts is also culture. During the annual Spring Festival, Chinas paper-cut art is being loved by more people at home and abroad, which is a symbol of the enduring prosperity of Chinas ancient traditional art." said Sun Liping, director of the Institute of History of the Shanxi Academy of Social Sciences.
Paper-cutting not only expresses the aesthetic preferences of the masses, but also contains the deep social psychology of the nation. It is also one of the most distinctive folk arts in China, and its modeling characteristics are particularly worthy of study. As the embodiment of the original philosophy of China, folk paper-cutting has comprehensive, beautifying and auspicious features in its form of expression. At the same time, folk paper-cutting uses its own specific expression language.
It’s the Spring Festival again. As the Spring Festival approaches, lanterns, colored lanterns and couplets are all indispensable. Nowadays, some fashionable people have a discerning eye and select several paper-cut works as home decorations. The vibrant and lifelike folk paper-cuts will make our eyes bright and make us feel fresh and unique. We are tired of seeing too many celebrity posters, so we might as well use a few paper-cuts to decorate the home, which not only adds to the festive atmosphere of the festival, but also gives a bit of elegance and temperament.
Nowadays, some young people with fashionable personalities have ingeniously created a collection of "newcomers"Image, name of the couple, wedding time, wedding message" are integrated into a personalized and very artistic "wedding paper-cut photo", which can be used as a witness of the wedding and as a decoration for the new house, which is unique and interesting.
