Paper-cutting Art - Modern Practical Art Series

Author: Zhao Yuliang et al
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: A pair of scissors has many uses in the lives of traditional rural women: labor production, tailoring, and cutting flowers. The scissors are not only a necessity of life but also an important tool for rural women to inherit folk culture. The accumulation of oral culture in rural areas gives the "flowers" cut by women a rustic and unique life meaning. Many important festivals and customs in life are realized through the symbolic and formal expressions of paper-cutting. Therefore, paper-cutting has become a hot topic for applying to China's Intangible Cultural Heritage. The life connotation in folk paper-cutting is rich and diverse, not limited to the Han ethnic group; many ethnic minorities also use paper-cutting to record the ancient and magical life: such as the Miao, Yi, Manchu, Bai, Zhuang, and others. Folk paper-cutting has become a unique language for the narrative of the emotional experiences of ethnic groups. Many people have begun to discover paper-cutting, to discover the ancient yet fresh mother river of folk art, and to turn towards the simple "folk" to rediscover a part of sincerity that once belonged to them. The "New Discovery · Five People Paper-Cutting Exhibition" held by the Chaoyang District Cultural Center of Beijing and this paper-cutting collection published by China Peace Press are the fruits of continuous discovery.