Terminology - Xi'an Paper Cutting

Xi'an Paper Cutting - Brief Introduction Xi'an Paper Cutting Shaanxi Xi'an folk paper cutting, Shaanxi from south to north, especially the Loess Plateau, 800 hundred Qinchuan, can see red and green paper-cut everywhere. The ancient style, rough style, interesting allegiance, various forms, and superb skills have played a very important role in Shaanxi's folk art.

Shaanxi paper-cutting is in northern Shaanxi, and northern Shaanxi is cutting paper in Ansai. Ansai paper-cutting is not only beautiful in appearance but also exquisite in the workmanship of the cut. It also has a profound historical and cultural connotation. It contains aesthetics, history, philosophy, folklore, archaeology, and cultural anthropology. It is known as “artificial artifacts” and Cultural "living fossil." Shaanxi has a variety of paper-cutting styles, strong styles and bold lines, meaning pure simplicity and full of auspicious wishes for peace. Paper cutting is more for decoration. Paper-cutting can be used to embellish walls, doors and windows, room pillars, mirrors, lamps, lanterns, etc. It can also be used to embellish gifts. Even paper-cutting itself can be used as a gift to others. In the past, people often used paper-cutting as a model for the art of embroidery and painting. [1]

Xi'an Paper-cut - inherited Shaanxi paper-cut, experts call it "living fossil", because it more completely inherited the ancient Chinese people's sculptural patterns, such as the fish face, the lion head, and the Zhou culture similar to "grasping doll". Similar to the Han portrait of "cow farming diagram" and so on. It inherited the ideology of the yin and yang philosophy of the Chinese nation and the idea of ​​reproduction and reproduction. For example, in Northern Shaanxi paper-cutting, "Eagle riding rabbits", "snake tray rabbits", "heroes and fish", "fish drama lotus", "frogs, deer, fish, birds" and so on. Shaanxi has been the political and cultural center of the Chinese nation since ancient times. The legendary Yellow Emperor was buried in the common Lingqiao Mountain in Shaanxi. The Yangshao Cultural Sites were discovered 5,000 years ago in Xi'an Banpo, Linyi, Jiangzhai and Baoji Beishouling. Zhou, Han, Tang and the 13th capitals all built capitals in Shaanxi, leaving abundant folk cultural heritage.

Xi'an Paper-cut - characteristic Shaanxi Xi'an paper-cutting, this folk art form has a long history. In the paper-cut art of different styles and characteristics throughout the country, the ancient and simple Shaanxi paper-cutting is loved by people with its unique charm. The main forms of paper-cutting in Shaanxi include window kiln top flowers, enamel flowers, door paintings, hanging curtains, pillow flowers, table skirt flowers, shoes flowers, wedding double happiness flowers, clothing accessories flowers, shrine decals and so on. Rich in content and rich in content. Window grilles are the most common. During the Spring Festival, regardless of the rural areas there, the window was pasted with white paper, window paper cut into red paper was affixed, and the New Year was celebrated. In terms of performance, Shaanxi's window grilles are inherited from traditions. One is close to life and close to reality. There are character activities, flowers, birds, insects, birds and animals, and folk tales. Modeling rigorous, full of folk flavor. Most of the paper-cuts in Shaanxi are from the hands of farm women, and are characterized by simplicity, simplicity, simplicity, and clarity. Their paper-cut creations are full of rich muddy atmosphere and strong emotional color, without the slightest amount of artificial behavior, and with simple folk customs. On the one hand, they are edified by the folk culture. On the other hand, they carefully observe and understand life. They embody the wisdom of the ordinary working people and their hearts are at hand. Through daring and rich imagination, they use paper-cut to express their feelings about life. And understanding of the United States.

In the art of paper-cutting in Shaanxi, the northern Shaanxi folk paper-cut was first introduced. Due to the obstructed traffic in the past 100 years and the remoteness of foreign cultures, the area’s culture and art were inherited by farm women and passed down from generation to generation. For example, some paper-cutting inherited the style of Han Dynasty stone portraits, and the outer contour is extremely concise and full. Lively, rich imagination. For example, on the gate of the farmer's Spring Festival, the limbs of "Seeds and Dolls" are cut out with paper and the head is replaced with seeds. Since the authors are all farmers, they have many people and different ages, so the theme of paper-cutting is colorful. Vegetables, flowers, grazing, weddings, funerals and folk tales are the objects of the performance of the elderly authors. The Guanzhong paper-cut is deeply loved by people for its beautiful shape, meticulous and realistic. The number of paper-cuts in southern Shaanxi is relatively small, with its exaggerated features of exquisiteness and meticulousness.

Paper-cutting is a culture created by women. In northern Shaanxi, there was a custom of “finding widows, cleverness.” To find the widow for the baby, “do not ask people to look good, first look at the hand children clever”, hand-to-hand clever is to see paper-cut embroidery . There is a saying that "I see the window and see the curtain." Looking at the window, I look at the window grilles and see the curtains to see the embroidery. It is widely believed that women who cut flowers are surely smart. The dolls born later are naturally smart. Nowadays, in the rural areas of northern Shaanxi, who will cut flowers will still be respected by the people of the village. Every day, the women in the Twelfth Day of the Twelve Moons learned to cut flowers with each other, and they came out like good things. The women of the first month watch each other's windows to see who is the most skillful. There are various forms of paper-cutting in Shaanxi: one is mono-color paper-cutting, the other is paper-cut collage, third is point-cut paper-cutting, fourth is paper-cutting, fifth is paper-plastic window, and sixth is paper-cut and smoking-like.

Xi'an Paper-cut - Culture Northern Shaanxi is dominated by mono-color paper-cuts. Its shape is concise and simple, and it emphasizes exaggeration and distortion. It inherits ancient aesthetic tastes and modeling concepts. Most of the contents are animal and grass. It is said that Confucius had enlightened the world, and only left out the northern part of Shaanxi. Therefore, the nature of people in northern Shaanxi is not as moderate as the Guanzhong people. Therefore, the creativity is extremely strong, and the expression of emotions of joy, anger, mourning, and joy is extremely pleasing. In Jingbian, Anbian, and Dingbian in northern Shaanxi, you cut paper on three sides, and paper-cutting has become another style. It is delicate, small and exquisite, small and medium-sized, and meticulous. The "Lok Lok" played is as sharp as a needle, and the cut lines are as thin as the hair. They are different from Yanan, and are thick and paper-cut. They are also different from Jiangnan's clever and realistic. According to research, the three sides were originally border towns, and the court often sent south generals to guard here. They took their families to live here. They also brought in the folk culture of the water towns. Three sides cut paper.

In the disparity area, because of its good economic foundation, the forms of paper cutting have become diverse. Monochrome, spot colors, collages, paper and plastics are used in various forms. The content is dominated by drama figures, and flower and bird animals often include symbol culture. Symbols of poetry and calligraphy, eight treasures, etc., have strong cultural characteristics of the Central Plains. Ku Shulan is a master of folk collage and paper-cutting in Xunliao County. This year, he was more than 80 years old and was named by the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Culture as a master of paper-cutting art. She developed the collage cut to the extreme and surprised experts and scholars. Taiwanese Han Sheng published a large album album for Ku Shulan. CCTV and Shaanxi TV broadcast special feature films for reporting. The paper-cut paper made by Luo Zhanhua, an old man in Heyang County, was modeled after the drama and portrayed the characters' portraits. The monochromatic paper cutting in northern Fujian is affected by its shadow pattern, and the monochromatic paper cutting in Xifu is influenced by the new year's woodcut paintings, which can reveal the profound heritage of the Central Plains culture. [2]