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Paper-cut is one of the traditional folk art which has centuries-old historical origin. It was born and pullulated in the folk. It contains quite abundant national characteristic and cultural connotation, and is 'the live fossil'of studying national culture and habitude. At the same time, the folk paper-cut also has the bright artistic feature and the life spice. After the historical evolution, the folk paper-cut has formed many kinds of techniques, the primary ones are cutting, engraving and hollowing out. Ripping the paper, the fever burning, putting the color together, setting off the color, the dyeing and drawing outline etc, enable it deeper and wider in expressive force. 'Thin may like the spring silkworm spinning, and thick may like wielding the brush pen. ' According to the theme and implication it represents, there are seven kinds of paper-cut: Divining auspice and blessing, exorcising, eliminating wickedness, encouraging, the security, the interest and so on. There are many kinds of contents in Paper-cut, mainly including:
Birds and beasts, flower and grass fish bird, folklores and so on. These paper-cut works are all brimming with the strong life breath and the yearning of working people to the happy life. In the Xifu countryside of Guanzhong Shaanxi, whenever Spring Festival or marriage jubilation date is coming, each family needs to cut paper-cut for window decoration, cut kang encirclement and decorate the ceilings in order to build the jubilation auspicious life atmosphere.
Xifu folk paper-cut is most famous in Fengxiang. The workwomen who multiply here for generations, decorate life with their own hands, inherit and develop the Chinese folk fontal culture,
Shaanxi is the headstream of remote antiquity deceased emperor clan culture, the center of the new stoneware culture fastigium, the politics cultural centers of 13 dynasties in Chinese history, also the earliest place where Chinese nation history civilization moved towards the world. The deeply accumulated Chinese culture in 5000 years, endows the big place with abstruse connotation, and the national culture has been known far and wide. Baoji, called Chencang at ancient time, is the first place the Chinese nation multiplied, and the hometown of Huaxia ancestor Yan emperor, the birthplace of Chou&Qin dynasty. The Taoism, Buddhism, the Confucianism culture collection place, the glorious history, accomplished the bright national culture.
Baoji always has the fine reputation of 'township of the bronzeware' 'township of the folk industrial art'.
The historical glorious Baoji folk handicraft emanates the relique and ancient rhyme of Chou Qin culture, glitters the wonderful light and extraordinary splendor of Chinese primitive civilization.
In recent years, Fengxiang Baoji clay sculpture horse, clay sculpture sheep is selected one after another in 2, 002 - 2003 for 'the national namecard' - the main body design of postage stamp; In 2006, Baoji Shehuo, the clay sculpture, the wood engraving lunar new year's painting were evaluated 'the national nonmaterial cultural heritage'. All these fully showed the artistic charm which the three Qin folk craft owned!
Baoji Tianyan folk handicraft limited liability corporation devotes itself to digging and spreading the folk art, exhibits rare handicraft works which were buried in the folk and shows the enchanting artistic charm to the common people, makes the ancient folk art to glow the youth, and recasts its refulgence!
Tianyan corporation collects and coordinates large quantities of higher artistic appreciation and collection value folk handicrafts which are rich in bright local color and cultural color, such as fabric craftwork, paper-cut, embroidery, wooden horse spoon styles of makeup, shadow figures, clay sculpture-Its aim is to show 'The Chinese culture is well-established, the nationality artistic charm exists forever' to the world, and enables more folk craftwork to step on the stage of world art communication, let the true folk art spirit meaning hand down to the later generation!
