Manchu paper-cutting added to United Nations intangible cultural heritage list
It is understood that after three years of hard work, Xinbin’s Manchu paper-cutting has finally been included in the Representative List of Human Intangible Cultural Heritage by the United Nations, which means that the Manchu paper-cutting with its long history has received international recognition. Attention and protection also bring new opportunities for the promotion and development of Manchu paper-cutting around the world.
Xinbin Manchu paper-cutting is mostly based on the religious etiquette, living customs and folklore of the Manchu people. The shapes are concise and summarized, the picture composition is rich, and the scenes are complex and magnificent. They are an indispensable part of my countrys paper-cut art.
Jin Yazhen and Che Shimei are two representatives of the Xinbin Manchu paper-cutting art. Their works have participated in many national, provincial and municipal calligraphy and painting exhibitions and won many awards.
Entering Manchu Paper-cutting:
Manchu paper-cutting is a paper-cutting art that is dependent on the specific cultural background and living environment of the Manchu people and has its own specific language and style in art. It is a folk art that carries the splendid and profound culture of the Changbai Mountain area. After hundreds of years of development, Manchu folk paper-cutting has become a folk art with certain influence at home and abroad. Paper-cutting is an important part of Manchu traditional culture. The ingenious Manchu folk artists cut out the characters and scenery they saw, heard, and loved into works to decorate a happy and fulfilling life. Manchu paper-cutting began in the Ming Dynasty. Due to the worship of the God of Mammy, the Manchu paper-cutting produced "Mammy Ren'er", which is the representative work of Manchu paper-cutting; due to the worship of animal gods, "Dog", "Turtle", " Paper-cuts such as "Magpie", "Deer" and "Eagle" are very common and are often posted on the wall as mascots. Manchu paper-cutting has rich and colorful contents, such as "Sacrifice to Ancestors", "Hanging Signs", "Wild Sacrifice"... There are still many folk paper-cuttings in Changbai Mountain area that directly express this kind of shamanistic sacrificial activities, which have become a reflection of Manchu customs and a perspective on Manchu culture. Treasure.
There are also many Manchu paper-cuts that express the natural features, production customs, seasonal customs, wedding and funeral customs and folklore of the Changbai Mountains. For example, a series of paper-cuts describing "beating deer with a stick, scooping out fish with a ladle, and pheasants flying into the rice pot"; such as expressing “The "Three Weird Things in Guandong: The windows are papered out, the eldest girl holds a big pipe in her mouth, and raises a child to hang up" "Small Respect" and "Cradle"... Manchu people are romantic, so Manchu paper-cuts have also created a lot of Fairy tales. "Ginseng Girl", "Hunting in the White Mountains", "Sisters in Disguise"... Each paper-cut story reflects the simple, kind, upright and innocent moral character of the Manchu people.
