Paper cut (Xuzhou paper cut)

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: paper cut (Xuzhou paper cut)

Applicant: Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province

Project No.: 315

Project No.: Ⅶ - 16

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: traditional art

Region: Jiangsu Province

Type: Extension Project

Applicant: Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province

Protection unit: Xuzhou Cultural Center

Brief introduction of paper cut (Xuzhou paper cut)

Applicant: Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province

Xuzhou paper-cut is widely spread in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province. Xuzhou, which is located at the junction of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui provinces, is a blend of North and South cultures, known as the "thoroughfare of five provinces". In this special geographical environment, Xuzhou paper-cut sets the strengths of the north and the south. The works not only integrate the bold and generous northern paper-cut, but also blend the delicate and beautiful southern paper-cut.

Xuzhou paper-cut has two main styles, one is represented by Pizhou paper-cut, the composition is compact, the density is appropriate, the structure is rough and thick, the style is simple, like to use deformation exaggeration and other techniques, appears bold and spicy. The other is represented by the paper cuts of Wu Guoben, Zhang Lijun and Jing'an town in Xuzhou City. The style of the works is smart, beautiful, delicate and exquisite. Pizhou's rough style paper-cut is the main representative of Xuzhou's paper-cut. It excels in showing the local real life and folk customs. It has a variety of themes, such as ancient and modern characters, Taoist stories, opera images, local customs, animal feathers. Among them, the real-life character paper-cut is particularly colorful, reflecting farming, breeding and transportation The works of production scenes, such as architecture, etc., create images with simple and bright lines, maintain the pure character of the original art, permeate with strong humanistic atmosphere, and have high artistic value.

At present, with the popularization of modern application technology, Xuzhou paper-cut has appeared the mechanized production mode, and there are few works with traditional Fengshen. The inheritance of Xuzhou paper-cut is facing the inheritance crisis, so it is necessary to formulate a plan to protect it.

Chinese PinYin : Jian Zhi Xu Zhou Jian Zhi