China's paper-cutting art is popular in the north and south of China. Because of different regions, people have different names for paper-cutting. Such as window flowers, group flowers, wall flowers, lantern flowers, shoe flowers, sleeve flowers, navel flowers, pillow flowers, door pins, fireworks, wedding flowers and so on. Among them, the most commonly used title is window flower, which is also the milk name of paper-cutting that people often say.
Shaanxi has been the political and cultural center of the Chinese nation since ancient times. The legendary Yellow Emperor was buried in Huanglingqiao Mountain, Shaanxi Province, and Yangshao cultural sites 5,000 years ago were discovered in Banpo, Lintong, Jiangzhai and Beishouling of Baoji. Zhou, Qin, Han, Tang and other 13 dynasties all established their capitals in Shaanxi, leaving a rich folk cultural heritage.
Shaanxi folk paper-cut art is known as "the world cultural heritage and the treasure of China folk art". No matter in Yan 'an or Xi 'an, paper-cut pamphlets to experience folk customs and enjoy a strong nostalgia can be seen everywhere. You can buy paper-cutting art brochures such as Fine Paper-cutting in Northern Shaanxi, Fine Paper-cutting in Chinese Zodiac, and Ten Monsters in Northern Shaanxi for two or three yuan on the street, which brings together the essence of folk paper-cutting art in Northern Shaanxi and makes people fondle it.
Therefore, Shaanxi paper-cut enjoys a high reputation in China and the world. It has the reputation of "national mother art" and "living fossil of the original culture and history", and has been listed in the "Protection List of Intangible Oral Cultural Heritage of mankind" by UNESCO. Because it completely inherits the ancient modeling patterns of the Chinese nation, it has a high historical status and research value.
Paper-cutting art can be traced back to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and it appeared at the same time as China's papermaking, and it is still flourishing in the north and south of China. Most of the materials come from festivals, bumper harvests, folk opera stories and children's animals.
It is interesting, beautifully decorated and has a deep mass base, so it is deeply loved by everyone. Folk artists pass on the eternal heritage from generation to generation with their unique artistic forms, making paper-cutting art a folk art close to life and rooted in the public.