Paper-cut

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Paper-cut is one of the traditional folk art which has centuries-old historical origin. It was born and pullulated in the folk. It contains quite abundant national characteristic and cultural connotation, and it is “the live fossil”of studying national culture and habitude. At the same time, the folk paper-cut also has the bright artistic feature and the life spice. After the historical evolution, the folk paper-cut has formed many kinds of techniques, the primary ones are cutting, engraving and hollowing out. Ripping the paper, burning, putting the color together, setting off the color, the dyeing and drawing outline etc, enable it deeper and wider in expressive force. “Thin as the spring silkworm spinning and thick as wielding the brush pen.” According to the theme and implication it represents, there are seven kinds of paper-cut: divining auspice and blessing, exorcising, eliminating wickedness, encouraging, the security, and the gusto and so on. There are many kinds of contents in Paper-cut, mainly including: Birds and beasts, flower, grass, fish and bird, folklores and so on. These paper-cut works are all brimming with the strong life breath and the yearning of working people to the happy life. In the Xifu countryside of Middle Shaanxi, whenever Spring Festival or marriage jubilation date is coming, each family needs to make paper-cut for window decoration, cut kang encirclement and decorate the ceilings in order to build the jubilation auspicious life atmosphere. Xifu folk paper-cut is most famous in Fengxiang. The workwomen, who multiply here for generations, decorate life with their own hands, inherit and develop the Chinese folk fontal culture, and fully demonstrate the profuse wisdom and the rustic folk custom character and style of working people. Therefore, the folk paper-cut has a higher appreciation and collection value. BLOG:http://*****/LingyZ