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Chinese Paper Cutting,徐浪 2010081144 外院10级,Paper-cut is a very distinctive visual art of Chinese handicrafts. It originated from the 6th century when women used to paste golden and silver foil cuttings onto their hair at the temples, and men used them in sacred rituals. Later, they were used during festivals to decorate gates and windows. After hundreds of years development, now they have become a very popular means of decoration among country folk, especially women.,The main cutting tools are simple: paper and scissors or an engraving knife, but clever and deft craftspeople are remarkably good at cutting in the theme of daily life. When you look at items made in this method carefully, you will be amazed by the true to life expressions of the figures sentiment and appearance, or portrayal of natural plants and animals diverse gestures. Patterns of chrysanthemum display the curling petals, pied magpies show their tiny feathers and others such as a married daughter returning to her parents home, or young people paying a New Year call to their grandparents.,Although other art forms, like painting, can also show similar scenes, paper cutting still stands out for its charm - exacting lines and ingenious patterns which are all hand-made. To make the three-dimensional scenes pop out visually from the paper, as they are usually in monochrome, engravers must exert their imagination. They must delete secondary parts and compose the main body properly, abstractly and boldly. Though simple, the color then appears charmingly bright.,It is easy to learn about cutting a piece of paper but very difficult to master it with perfection. One must grasp the knife in an upright fashion and press evenly on the paper with some strength. Flexibility is required but any hesitation or wiggling will lead to imprecision or damage the whole image. Engravers stress the cutting lines in several styles. They attempt to carve a circle like the moon, a straight line like a stem of wheat, a square like a brick, and jaggedly like the beard.,People find hope and comfort in expressing wishes with paper cuttings. For example: for a wedding ceremony, red paper cuttings are a traditional and required decoration on the tea set, the dressing table glass, and on other furniture. A big red paper character Xi (happiness) is a traditional must on the newlyweds door. Upon the birthday party of a senior, the character Shou represents longevity and will add delight to the whole celebration; while a pattern of plump children cuddling fish signifies that every year they will be abundant in wealth.,“剪纸是一种镂空艺术和最为流行的民间艺术，在视觉上给人以透空的感觉和艺术享受。其载体可以是纸张、金银箔、树皮、树叶、布、皮、革等片状材料。”,剪纸常用于宗教仪式，装饰和造型艺术等方面。 在过去，人们经常用纸做成形态各异的物像和人像，与死者一起下葬或葬礼上燃烧，这一习俗在中国境外有时仍可见到。剪纸艺术一般都有象征意义，也是这种仪式的一部分；此外剪纸还被用作祭祀祖先和神仙所用供品的装饰物。,民间剪纸造型的夸张，是对繁杂内容条理化，规范化的过程，不是对自然客观的描摹。因此，剪纸中的形象比原型更突出，更引人注目。,民间剪纸的创造者把剪纸视为生活的一部分，对美好生活的向往以及对远古图腾的崇拜，是民间剪纸表达的主要内容。而表现这些充满民俗、信仰、哲学的主题，只能从主观出发去想象，这就使剪纸的形象随心所欲，而描绘内心物象离不开夸张的艺术语言。,剪纸的基本材料是平面纸张，基本单元是线条和块面，基本语言符号是装饰化的点、线、面，加上由于受到材料的限制，剪纸不善于表现多层次复杂的画面内容和光影效果及物象的体积、深度和起伏，因此只有扬长避短，在构图上采用平视构图，即将物体和景象由三维空间立体形象变为二维空间平面形象，通过对表现素材进行大胆取舍，删繁就简，用简练的线条进行概括，使画面重点突出、黑白关系虚实相衬，以增强作品的表现力，用平面的眼光表现世界的物象，决定了剪纸表现的平面化特征，即任何形象的塑造都共存于一个特定形制的可视平面内。民间剪纸用展开式的思维方式，极度的随心所欲。,在技法方面，剪纸主要分为:阴刻法,阳刻法,阴阳混刻法。剪纸不是用机器而是由手工做成的，常用的方法有两种：剪刀剪和刀剪。顾名思义，剪刀剪是借助于剪刀，剪完后再把几张（一般不超过8张剪纸粘贴起来，最后再用锋利的剪刀对图案进行加工。刀剪则是先把纸张折成数叠，放在由灰和动物脂肪组成的松软的混和体上，然后用小刀慢慢