Chinese folk paper-cutting · Part 2

Author: Lü Shengzhong
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: Since folk paper-cutting is a product of folk culture in traditional Chinese culture, it must have been something considered "vulgar" in the past, and vulgar things are often looked down upon. However, Chinese culture has undergone and is currently undergoing significant transformations. Old and outdated folk customs are gradually disappearing, while new ones are rapidly emerging. The ancient traditional folk paper-cutting art will no longer accompany modern and future folk customs in its original form. This heritage of traditional culture, passed down through generations, has moved from the windows and walls of the common people into the grand halls of contemporary culture and the collections of scholars and literati. People are gradually realizing that it is far from vulgar today. It is a precious gift from ancestors to the people of the new era, and its invaluable value in Chinese culture cannot be estimated. If you are fortunate enough to see it and savor it carefully, you will feel as if you are surrounded by the blood of your ancestors and the milk of your mother—folk paper-cutting, as a branch of ancient Chinese civilization, will forever nourish our spiritual bodies. This book is one of the most influential selections of Chinese folk paper-cutting literature.