Jieshou Paper-cutting

Anhui
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Jieshou paper-cutting art has long been loved by the general public. Folk paper-cutting artists rely on their rich imagination and high generalization ability to capture the most moving and emotional images in real life, and use exaggerated and deformed techniques and concise and simple lines to create lively and interesting paper-cutting works. As a form of folk art, Jieshou paper-cutting is influenced by many factors such as region, folk customs, folk customs, and culture, and has its own unique artistic characteristics. Jieshou paper-cutting has a wide range of themes and profound meanings. Most of them are flowers and birds, which are cleverly combined to express the meaning of good luck, bumper harvests, and prosperity of livestock. It is rich in interest and has a strong decorative flavor. For example, combining magpies and plum blossoms together symbolizes the festive "joy on the eyebrows"; combining elephants and evergreens together symbolizes the "renewal of all things" at the beginning of renewal; combining pine and cranes together symbolizes the "pine and crane prolongs life" of longevity; combining lotus and carp together symbolizes the "year after year of surplus" of harvest, etc. The composition of Jieshou paper-cut is full and rigorous. The composition is mainly based on lines, combining lines and surfaces, and symmetrical black and white, so as to show the shape and charm of objects. Its lines are short and thick, and the connection is compact. There are few long lines connecting them. When necessary, short lines are used to reasonably connect them in the middle. The techniques of Jieshou paper-cut are both hard and soft. They are good at using the techniques of alternating intaglio and relief carving, forming a local color that is both hard and soft, mellow in taste, simple and beautiful. The knife technique of Jieshou paper-cut is natural and smooth. The style has both the strength and power of northern paper-cutting and the simple and smooth beauty of the local area; it can be said that it is rough but emotional, wild but tasteful, naive and thick, and although it is earthy, it is skillful. The artistic color of Jieshou paper-cut is rich and simple. Most of the authors of Jieshou paper-cut are native folk artists. They use their works to express the interest of life and beautify the surrounding environment. The artistic color is very simple and unpretentious, and the works have a strong local flavor. Jieshou paper-cut has a long history, originating from the folk and developing among the folk. It is a brilliant culture created by the local people with their hardworking and wise hands, and it has multiple values. The folk paper-cutting artists of Jieshou use the experiences and scenes in real life as the subject matter, and their observation of objects is based on pure feelings and intuitive impressions. Therefore, the special style of Jieshou paper-cutting is formed, which is thick, simple, concise, bright, simple and fluent, reflecting the simple and unpretentious spirit of local farmers. It provides important historical value for people to understand the local history, simple folk customs and pure humanities. The basic technique of Jieshou paper-cutting is to use lines as the main method, combine lines and surfaces, and be symmetrical in black and white to show the shape and texture of different objects. At the same time, the alternating techniques of intaglio and relief are used to achieve the purpose of unifying artistic conception, situation and spirit. It reflects the masculine, cheerful and simple characteristics of the northern people, and provides important reference value for studying the history and development of folk paper-cutting art in northern my country and even Chinese folk paper-cutting art, and has very important cultural value. Jieshou paper-cut works are fresh, lively, simple, generous and creative. They are like simple and moving folk songs, exuding a strong local flavor, expressing the beautiful thoughts and feelings of the vast number of farmers and their unique aesthetic tastes, and have extremely high artistic value. Jieshou paper-cut is an important part of local folk activities, and the rich folk customs provide space for free creation of paper-cut. Jieshou paper-cut is closely integrated with the customs and habits of the local area, contains folk customs and sentiments, and is an organic part of local traditional culture. Jieshou paper-cut has a wide range of applications. It can be used to cut red paper into window flowers, lantern flowers, wedding flowers, shoe flowers, hat flowers, etc. for decoration during festive festivals; it can also be used as a base pattern for embroidery on children's bellybands, bibs, sachets and other accessories; it can also be framed as a family ornament, or given to relatives and friends, etc. These paper-cut products accompany the lives of thousands of households and have a soul-stirring artistic charm. It has not only enriched the spiritual and cultural life of the broad masses of the people, but also promoted the development and progress of history. It is deeply rooted in the people and has a high practical value.

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