Paper-cutting knowledge quiz 1. Basic knowledge of paper cutting.
Basic knowledge of paper cutting:
Paper-cutting is one of the oldest folk arts in China. Paper-cutting is a kind of hollow art, which gives people a sense of emptiness and artistic enjoyment visually. The art of creating with paper as the processing object and scissors (or carving knife) as the tool.
Paper-cutting is widely circulated among the people and has a long history. Paper-cut works of 1500 years ago have been unearthed in Xinjiang.
As a traditional folk art in China, it occupies an important position in folk activities. Professional folk paper-cutting artists appeared in the Southern Song Dynasty. Folk paper-cutting often refines and summarizes natural forms through homophonic, symbolic and moral means, forming beautiful patterns.
Extended data
In China, paper-cutting has a broad mass base and is integrated into the social life of people of all ethnic groups. It is an important part of various folk activities.
It inherits the continuous visual image and modeling format, contains rich cultural and historical information, expresses the social identity, moral concept, practical experience, life ideal and aesthetic taste of the general public, and has multiple social values such as cognition, education, expression, lyricism, entertainment and communication.
On May 20th, 2006, the paper-cut art heritage was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. 65438 At the fourth meeting of UNESCO Inter-Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage held from September 28th to1October 2nd, 2009, the Chinese paper-cut project was selected into the List of Representatives of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Paper-cutting can be roughly divided into four categories from the specific use:
One is for posting, that is, directly sticking on doors, windows, walls, lanterns and ribbons for decoration. Such as window grilles, wall flowers, ceiling flowers, cigarette lattices, lantern flowers, paper-tied flowers, and door stickers;
Second, it is used for decoration, that is, for decorating gifts, dowries, sacrifices and offerings. Such as flowers, flowers, fireworks, candlestick flowers, fragrant flowers, Chongyang flag;
Thirdly, embroidery patterns are used in clothing, shoes, hats and pillows. Such as shoe flower, pillow flower, hat flower, bib flower, sleeve flower and suspender flower;
Four, printing and dyeing, that is, as a printing plate of blue printed cloth, used for clothing, quilts, curtains, bags, bibs, headscarves and so on.