Chinese paper cuttings

The Chinese paper cutting is a tradition of folk art with long history . It uses the symbol, metaphor, exaggeration, homophonic and other artistic techniques, create graphic arts flexible, vivid, the folk artists art attainments, artistic imagination and design thinking have high requirements. While the paper-cut art has attracted more and more attention to protect the intangible cultural heritage, not only because it is a tradition of exquisite art, but also because it contains rich cultural connotation. The Chinese paper cutting activity was originally part of the folk belief behavior, naturally reflects the specific areas of folk beliefs and psychological clifford. Later, when it is extended to the field of people's daily life, become an indispensable part, becomes an important carrier of people's idea of ethic, pursuit of value,
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