The historical and artistic value of paper cutting
The Northern Dynasties, people cut a variety of beautiful patterns, is said to have found the earliest and well documented five pieces of paper-cut is the flower paper-cut found near Flaming Mountains in Turpan at Xinjiang. At that time in Northwest China climate is dry and little rain, the paper is not easy to mildew, small guess, perhaps this is also found in Xinjiang, one of the important reasons of the paper-cut.
To the Tang Dynasty, the paper-cut has a big development, the people of that time will be applied to other paper-cut patterns and processes, as well as the use of paper-cut evocation customs popular. In the modern archaeological excavation of a variety of paper-cut crafts such as the Tang Dynasty, is now in the possession of British Museum can be seen at the time of the Tang Dynasty paper-cut, handmade paper-cut art has a superb level, composition full, express the ideal of an immeasurably vast difference.
About the history of Chinese traditional culture of paper cutting, that is, the true meaning of paper cutting art, it should be the emergence of paper officially began. The main production material of paper cutting is paper, and the appearance of paper during the Han Dynasty, which promotes the emergence, development and popularization of paper cutting. The paper was perishable at that time, so people wouldn't treasure it and cut it again
The history of Chinese traditional culture of paper-cut art has its own formation and development process. As early as in the spring and Autumn period, people through carving techniques in sheet materials crafts, which is popular in the paper appeared before, although not paper making, but it is exactly the same, this is the true meaning of the paper-cut base. It is said that the earliest paper-cut works in our country can be proved for this purpose.
