Cutting characteristics
Folk paper-cutting was made possible after China's long history, yet its pure and fresh nature, with strong social and cultural structure in rural China have a close relationship. Its existence in view of the contradiction between each other and unify the different characteristics of each other, determines that it is changing the way natural selection, which kicked off arts, literary arts and Court spacing.
1. Dependence and independence of a unified
Folk paper-cutting is essential an art activity with folk customs. It's there, it will cling to the folk background of specific cultural and living environment. Home in the has funeral arrangement, Windows Shang cannot posted have booming; doll not sick, Granny also refused to cut a series hanging soul of villain people; for pendulum lining gift of, to see is wedding, and funeral also is make sushi; pair married old wife of housing in if posted Shang pair sat account hi spent, that certainly is young of played; drought no rain, if cut of not rain of "only pound mallet", but seeking fine of "sweep days Po", that not know to was how many people of curse. The attachment feature of this objective function restriction, performance on the specific composition of the work, or works of decorative features. Such as roofs, dish rack for suspended hanging like Yun Zi, must wire connected posted on the window panes are still required for, and multi-pierced, otherwise light to just a big paper sheet put Kang Wei, best little bits and patterns, or for a long time very easy to damage.
Many constraints, and form a unique artistic language. Folk paper-cutting in addition to completed a role in folklore, but also hard to show themselves in the process of independence that is characteristic of beauty. A piece of paper-cutting, regardless of the occasion is used to, in the creative process, the author inevitably affected his aesthetic feelings. As long as the standard of beauty, the aesthetic value of it and will have a presence. The independence of folk paper-cut art form, of course, for qualified folk are not left behind, but to fully harness the folk forms of improvisation. Thus. Its value of existence beyond the foil folk acts.
This kind of artistic independence, along with the social change and the fading of the old folk and more obvious. (Art China net http://www.artcn.CN/)
2. Unity of collective and individual
Absolute sense, any artistic creation cannot simply be considered to be a matter of individual products. People's social attribute so that it necessarily reflects a certain class of artistic interest. Individual, collective, or on the basis of traditional play.
The collective character of folk paper-cut, apparent in its attribution at the end of the work. Author is no longer the work of private, but to society as a whole and the collective. Thus its final appearance, must be directly focused on the wisdom of the crowd, blending thousands product of artistic talents and aesthetic preferences. In particular solidification works has been passed down through the ages, is the result of many generations of repeated polishing and modify the basic stereotypes, and is generally recognised, spread, and save. Ma TU, weaving, prototypes of his works, has been unable to examine. Similar works are spread throughout, which look very different, it is hard to tell which piece was one of the author's own creation. So, forming an important collective cause, should be the anonymous folk paper-cutting phenomenon. Professional artists of folk art and creative endeavors works do not indicate the author's name, there is no individual copyright. Good work spread in the world, once spread into a large number of copies and the origin of the variation work, authors into "worker" concept of this group.
Of course, such workers are utilitarian art are indeed founded on a strong collective consciousness of folk culture, but this alone does not suffice as the negation of folk paper-cut artist artistic personality. As the art of professional artists in their quest for self-expression, but it will not be lost in social and historical location, folk paper-cutting in national collective mental consciousness at the same time, it certainly won't be in the art of self. If the personalities of writers and artists is reflected in "I aim for the" greater self "position, the manifestation of folk paper-cut artist personality, he is the" greater self "ego" naturally. And do not talk about East and West regional art styles and characteristics, even if the works of different authors in the same area, also has its own distinct personality. If ye have despised to fly, it is very difficult to see through.
Whereas LAN and Zhang Linzhao River in northern Shaanxi as an example, the distance between two people but Barry, age, customs are basically the same. Zhang Linzhao childhood home in affluent, listening to the theatre, educated middle class in feudal ethical code of discipline. But life is difficult, three times widowed, married four times, had 13 children all died young. Therefore, external depressed, withdrawn, shy, idealistic thoughts on life. Its creation was to "forget the mess of things", and is rarely affected by the interference of others. Spicy bitter pain and visible inside Coke does not personality conflicts. Urgent through emotional discharge in the creative process, achieve psychological balance. LAN pan, she felt "people live busy busy alive, so happy. "About life and the world do not have high hopes, and pay attention to their own contributions to the community, which belongs to the" living in contentment long "types. Her husband Li Xinan is active Princes of Apple's introduction of the northern Shaanxi plateau, but she never thought what should be rewarded. Therefore, the cheerful and lively, candid and open-minded, confidence strong, willful active, and often sloppy, losing three of four. She cut flowers because "they let me cut, I cut it well, is flattering. Otherwise no great accomplishment, hinged flower, hinged flower heart good. "We can see its inner world has a tendency to emphasize self-worth. In their work, have a personal image and clear the mind shadow, described as "painting is the man." This character exists, conforms to the collective characteristics of cultural traditions in the region, and made no secret of the spiritual world of the author, and literary arts, the Palace of art expression in the hesitant and in stark contrast to moan.
For a long time, folk paper-cutting has always been considered to be repetitive, labour or replication of traditional patterns, ignoring the workers the individuality of the artist created, this is a historical injustice.
3. Variability and stability of a unified
After all, not every paper cut of working women have access to artistic maturity. A village, a ravine, then one or more are recognized by the community of smart people, it will spread their works. Transmission is smoked for the kind of method is a simulation method by memory. Spread, is often a daughter-in-law home prompted his wife's appearance, King's daughters and in the mood to Liu's husband's family, people should have the right to follow their ideals and aesthetic interest on the manuscript be altered arbitrarily. Works of the original form of the inevitable changes will occur. Variations of this heritage, constantly adjusting the folk paper-cutting with the spread of age, ethnicity, region, differences between the practices.
Meanwhile, folk paper-cutting folklore forms assumed by extended transmission of HIV/AIDS, and the basic pattern of stylized technique is relatively fixed, modes of inheritance handed down for generations and make it form a relatively stable characteristics. In some works the equivalent of opera repertoire, of which the missing lines, less an action causes audience uproar that cannot be arbitrarily changed. Folk paper-cutting also tend to have this situation: a good piece of work, after a clumsy hand turned into a ugly piece, and then through the hand of an experienced woman, makes it back to glory. Traditional Chinese paper cutting art stained
Variability and stability of folk heritage, and its survival is closely linked to traditional Chinese culture. Therefore, the occurrence of a major social change, will result in different geographical and cultural psychology of fluctuations and adjustments. To form a new State, so mining and sorting of folk arts, including folk paper-cutting, should have national responsibility of artists important subject today.
Folk paper-cutting techniques:
Folk paper-cut is created in order to meet their spiritual needs of the working people, and in the midst of their own and spread the art style. Live in workers in deep soil, not restricted by utilitarian thought and values, reflecting the human aesthetic and spiritual quality of art basic and has a distinct artistic characteristics and lifestyle.
Speaking from the technique, cutting the actual or openwork carving on the paper so that it is showing the image to be. Working people by virtue of their own ingenuity, artistic practice and life in the long-term practice, would be perfected this art form to temper. Formed mainly of carving, hollowing out a variety of techniques, such as tearing, burning, mixed colors, color, dye lining, write off, cutting performance with infinite depth and breadth. Fine-weave silk, thick such as large. Their different forms can be pasted line, hanging hanging. Because of cutting tool materials simple popularity, skill is easy to grasp, this irreplaceable characteristics of other art, therefore, this art form since ancient times, almost all over the towns and villages of our country, won the people's favorite.
In the early periods of human, art is not "folk" and "uncivil". With the development of civilization, the emergence of social classes, functions, forms relative to the "Hermitage" and "scholar art", "folk art" this historical concept. Works of different categories reflecting the different levels of aesthetic standards, should be the fundamental boundaries with each other. Paper-cutting, not if it's paper-cut works can be described as "folk". Many noble members of the public in the history class paper-cut artist royalty holiday customs demand, many artists for artists painted, or professional artists using decoupage techniques to create examples. These kinds of works and collective works for themselves has a qualitative difference, from the aesthetic qualities of workers, are not generally accepted by the public. Some works were circulated in some areas, but ultimately is not the people themselves to create mutate beyond recognition. Even today, appeared in mass art activity in many parts of the paper-cut works, should not be confused with folk paper-cutting. Mass activities created can also take the form of folk paper-cut, create masses of good works, and folk, but its purpose is often out of their living needs, even the expressed intention of mentor. Although there are close links between the two, but it is not a concept.
When you study the range of folk paper-cut, not only at the surface to see, that all that is paper cut out is folk paper-cut, rather than whether it was necessary for the spiritual life of the people themselves, is generally understood and accepted by mass, are spread widely among these basic conditions of folk art. Theory of contemporary folk culture is weak, causing confusion in the understanding, which many people think, who lived in folk artists or craftsmen have made, such as ivory carvings, snuff bottles, can be classified in the category of folk art, which should be corrected. Folk arts, including folk paper-cut, its creation, aesthetics, and the worker the soil of life cannot be separated, to and coexist with other arts categories clearly distinguished.
Folk paper-cutting works that best embody the spirit of their true colors, mostly remains in the rural mountain areas of the island, to the team of rural women workers should be civil practices and personal aesthetic preference continuity or creations.
