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Before Paper was invented
The invention of paper was in the Western Han Dynasty BC, before that there could have been no paper-cut art, but at that time people used thin sheet materials to make handicrafts through hollowed-out carving techniques, but they were already popular before the emergence of paper. That is, carving, engraving, picking, carving and cutting techniques in gold foil, leather, silk, and even cut patterns on leaves. -
386
The Beginning of Chinese Paper-Cut
Paper-cut is a hollowing-out technology that uses scissors or carving knives to cut or carve on paper. It appeared during the Northern Dynasty (386 A.D. - 581 A .D.). Legend has it that in ancient times, a poor scholar wrote a blessing words on paper, and his wife tore it out, this is the origin of paper-cut. -
618
Great Development of Chinese Paper-Cut
Paper-cut in the Tang Dynasty has been in a period of great development. Tang Dynasty folk also appeared in the form of paper-cut plate printing board, people carved into a flower plate with thick paper, the dye missed printing on the cloth to form a beautiful pattern. The technique of Ink painting hollowed-out paper-cut is a combination of paper-cut and painting appeared. -
960
Paper Industry Matured
During the Southern Song Dynasty, there have been professional entertainers with paper-cut as their profession. The paper industry in the Song Dynasty was mature and had a wide range of paper products, which provided conditions for the popularization of paper-cut. Folk also use the form of paper-cut, with donkeys, cattle, horses, sheep and other animal skin, carved into shadow characters. -
1368
The heyday of paper-cut
The paper-cut handicraft art in the Ming and Qing dynasties became mature and reached its heyday. Chinese people often use paper-cut as decorative ornaments to beautify the home environment, such as door stack, window grilles, cabinet flowers, roof flowers, are used to decorate doors and windows, rooms, paper-cut. Although the paper-cut art comes from the folk, but to the Qing Dynasty has become a national art, even the royal relatives at that time can not do without paper-cut. -
The Paper-Cut in Modern Time
The embryonic form of Chinese folklore was established. It collect a wide range of folklore materials, but also strive to collect folk art works, including folk paper-cut. Artists have created a large number of new paper-cut expressions of socialist new people and new things, opened up the road of paper-cut creation, but also enriched the form and content of Chinese folk decorative art. -
From the Ancient till Now
Since the birth of paper-cut art, there has been no interruption in Chinese history. It is enriched in all kinds of folk activities and is one of the richest art forms in Chinese folk history and culture.
