The History of Chinese Paper-cutting (III)

In the period of Tang Dynasty, Chinese paper-cutting has experienced a prosper development. There is a custom that paper-cutting is used to pray for god for souls, the great poem DuFu has the verse: warm water touches my feet, paper cuts call my soul. From the Paper-cutting, produced in Tang Dynasty, now hidden in the British Museum, we could find that the skill of Chinese traditional handicraft art – papercutting, produced in Tang Dynasty, already has achieved a high level. The complete composition of picture has expressed a beautiful and ideal scene that out of heaven and earth.

During the Tang Dynasty, with the development of the folk paper-cutting, various other alike applications have come into being, such as ornamental engraving woodcut, and patterns on the cloth.

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