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A Brief Introduction of Chinese Paper-Cut
Of all folk art works, paper-cut is most participated. Often characterized by geographical regions, paper-cut is rich with historical and cultural heritage. Even though it has only been two thousand yeas since the invention of paper, the cultural implication and art forms that paper-cut represents goes back all the way to primitive society6000-7000 years ago. The cultural value it carries far exceeds the value of art itself; it enriches the entire original Chinese art system, art formation and color structure, having deep impact on philosophy, aesthetics, history, ethnology, sociology and anthropology.
Themes in Shanxi Paper-Cuts
The paper-cuts of Shanxi feature a wide variety of themes, including flowers, human figures, animals, legends, folk takes and stories from operatic work, and showing a bold and unrestrained style, simple and unsophisticated presentation and strong local characteristics. There are two types—colored and monochrome.
A Brief Introduction of the Block-printed Chinese New Year Pictures
The block-printed Chinese New Year pictures are a traditional form of folk art in China. They are pictures printed from wood blocks into which both the text and the illustration have been carved by hand, to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival. They were the most expressive form of artistic representation of things in pictures from the invention of block printing in China to the advent of modern printing, and are still popular among the people
Reputable Areas of Manufacturing Woodcut New Year Picture
Reputable woodcut New Year picture manufacturing and printing shops were rampant across the country, namely, Yang Liuqing in Tianjin; Taohua Wu in Suzhou; Minazhu in Sichuan; Linfen and Xinjiang in Shanxi; ZhuXianzhen in Henan; Long Hui Tan Tou in Hunan; and Pingdu, Liaocheng and Wei County in Shangdong; Wuqiang, Hebei; Zhangzhou, Fujian; Fushan, Guangdong; and Fengxiang, Shaanxi. With unique styles and features, they each held a place of its own in the forest of folk New Year picture
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