A brief Introduction About Chinese Paper-Cutting

Paper-cutting is one of the most popular traditional folk art in china and it has a long history. Due to its material readily available, low cost, immediate effect, wide adaption, various styles, vivid image, Chinese paper-cutting is welcome generally. In addition, paper-cutting is very suitable for rural women making in their spare time, both practical and decorative, so paper-cutting could be seen all over the country and even forms a style of genre in different place.

Chinese paper-cutting not only reflects the masses of aesthetic preferences, also contains the nation’s deep social psychology, especially its modeling features worth studying. As the embodiment of Chinese origin philosophy, Chinese paper-cutting has a characteristic of comprehensive, decorative and auspicious. At the same time, Chinese folk paper-cutting tends to convey the meaning and essence of traditional culture with their own particular language.

On the points of color, Chinese paper-cutting has a difference between monochrome and chromatic. Monochrome paper-cutting is carved with single color, just like monochrome woodcut of engraving, it’s the most common form and such work is more simple and generous. On the other hand, chromatic paper-cutting is carved with different colors, such form is not common but also vivid.