The paper cutting originated from the ancient activities of worshipping ancestors and praying for gods. It was rooted in the extensive and profound Chinese traditional culture. The development history of two thousand years, so that it concentrates the traditional concept of Chinese culture, in its history, and the pottery art, rock art and other art intertwined, humanistic spirit and thoughts with ancient peoples deferred. Become an integral part of the Han traditional culture, is the epitome of traditional beliefs and ethics, but also to observe a nation's folk customs, cultural heritage of the window.
Paper cutting is a folk art form which has a long history and is widely spread in rural china. The paper-cut, is a paper cut into a variety of patterns with scissors, such as window, door, wall, ceiling, snuff, flowers etc.. This kind of folk art with the emergence and spread Chinese rural festivals and customs are closely related, the holidays or the wedding celebration, often with the word "double happiness", the beautiful bright paper-cut posted on the white wall or bright windows and doors, the lantern festival atmosphere will be fine, very rich festive rendering. The art of paper cutting is a traditional folk art of the Han nationality. It has a long history and a long history. It is the treasure of Chinese folk art and has become a treasure trove of the world's art treasure. That simple, vivid and interesting artistic style has a unique artistic charm. Its characteristics are mainly reflected in the two-dimensional concept of space, knife taste, paper sense, lines and decorations, freehand brushwork and implication, and many other aspects.
Also known as paper cutting, paper cutting, is a hollow art. It is one of the oldest folk art of Han nationality in china. It visually gives people an empty feeling and artistic enjoyment. The carrier of paper cutting can be paper, gold and silver foil, bark, leaves, cloth and leather. Is the most representative of the northern Shanxi Jiang Ping paper-cut, multicolor, color, color become beautiful, forming a "Jane for multiplication, summation, and seek special" color and color art language in propagation
