Paper Cutting is also called paper sculpture, window paper-cut decoration or
scissoring picture. The difference between these titles is their different
tools. Some use scissor while some use burin. Though the tolls are different,
the works they create are basically the same to each other and people call them
Artistic Paper Cutting generally.
The true sense of Paper Cutting formed when paper began to be created. The
creation of paper in Han Dynasty greatly promoted the appearance, development
and popularization of Paper Cutting.
Since Qing Dynasty, Paper Cutting is more popular applied in wider range in
folk life. For example, picture decoration on lantern or Chinese fan paper as
well as the mode of embroidery and so on, all of which are reprocesses of Paper
Cutting. Besides, Paper Cutting is also used as family decorations in order to
make a more beautiful home.
The most basic group of doing Paper Cutting is village women. Needlework is a
significant standard of judging female beauty in ancient time while Paper
Cutting is a required technique for girls to learn since they are young. At the
beginning, they usually borrow some patterns from their older generation or
older sisters. With more practice, they can improve their skills to a degree
that they can cut everything they want to show and they can create new pictures
without any preparation.
Chinese Artistic Paper Cutting is generated from generation to generation,
old but also young. Its distinctive popularity, practicability as well as
aesthetic standard have become a signal mark among folk life, playing
significant roles in perfecting Chinese Culture.
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