Guo Jinping is teaching little friends to cut rabbits.
a common red paper, with the scissors flying up and down, the paper debris fell to the ground, and the Ji'nan folk paper-cut artist, Guo Jinping, appeared in the hands of a wonderful "rabbit son". In January 23rd, at the Ji'nan folk art museum, many people exchanged views with Guo Jinping. Some were excited to pick up scissors.
[b] is a very common paper-cut [/b]
"paper-cut has a very long history, as early as the northern and Southern Dynasties." On the morning of 23, Guo Jinping, the deputy director of the professional paper cutting Institute of the Ji'nan folk art museum, told reporters that before the invention of paper, the original form of paper-cut may have already existed. The ancient people first took large plant leaves as "paper-cut" material, and the art of cutting paper was mature in the northern and Southern Dynasties.
Guo Jinping said, now, paper-cut is generally used to express happy content. But in the early days of paper-cut art, paper-cut was mainly used for funeral. After the Tang Dynasty, the contents and forms of paper-cut began to change. Especially after the Qing Dynasty, the contents of paper cutting almost focused on festivity and literature and art.
"window cuts are just one of the most common kinds of paper cutting art. They are usually pasted at home during the Spring Festival." Guo Jinping said that in the past, in order to celebrate the celebration of the new year, the house was decorated with red paper, the red paper, the red letter and the twelve zodiac patterns.
[b] Ji'nan many old people will cut paper [/b]
"I began to learn paper-cut at the age of seven or eight, but the real apprentice was realized after 20 years of paper cutting." Guo Jinping said that many old people in Ji'nan used to cut paper, and no one regarded it as an indispensable skill.
when he was in middle school, Guo Jinping met an old man who cut paper in a fair. This is his later mentor, Mr. Shang Yu. "At that time, there was no apprentice," he said. "Every day I read his paper cut every day. Then he gave me a look. I learned to cut it." Guo Jinping told reporters that in the years before and after, he learned a lot of paper-cut style with the old man.
20 years later, Guo Jinping, who had a little reputation for paper cutting, met a master of paper cutting by chance in hero mountain. It was Shang Yuju, a teacher who had taught him the art of paper-cut. Since then, Guo Jinping has formally worshiped under Shang Yu Ju gate.
now, whether it's flying in the sky or on the ground, as small as bees, crickets, and mountains and rivers, Guo Jinping's paper cuts can be very vivid.
[b] paper-cut categories are divided into three major genres [/b]
"paper cutting classes are more, but not all cut out, now divided into cutting, carving, tearing the three major schools, all belong to the art of paper-cut." Guo Jinping said that the two popular cutting and engraving methods are rough, and paper tearing is not very popular.
according to Guo Jinping, the so-called "paper carving" is a recent art, which is to fix dozens of red paper on the board and cut the pattern out with a knife a little bit by bit. The effect is similar to that of paper cutting, and it is generally difficult for laymen to see the difference. Because the paper cutting can only cut out four or five pictures at a time, and the cutting paper can reach more than 20. The efficiency of the paper cutting is much higher than that of paper cutting.
"there are many subtle differences between paper cutting and paper cutting
, it is not difficult to identify." Guo Jinping took out the paper and paper-cut of his disciples to show to the reporter that the texture of the paper cut is fine, many details are depicted and vivid, while the paper carving is more extensive, and there are few fine figures.
[b] paper-cut artists are not optimistic about the future [/b]
"although the government is now increasing the protection and support, many people have started to learn special art, but the decline of paper cutting is still more obvious." Although the current development of paper cutting is good, Guo Jinping is not too optimistic about the development prospects of paper cutting art.
it is understood that in addition to Ji'nan paper cutting, there are many kinds of paper cutting in Shandong, such as Weihai paper cutting, Yantai paper cutting and so on. Reporters interviewed found that although paper-cut as a popular item of non heritage has been loved by most people, it has not yet formed industrialization. At present, most paper-cut artists are still single handed, with low output and difficult to form scale. "
" to change this situation, in addition to effective measures at all levels of government, folk art itself should adapt itself to the demand of the market and survive and develop in the change. " Liu Xuebin, director of the Ji'nan folk art museum, believes that governments at all levels should not only provide information, but also improve the popularity of paper-cut artists through various ways, thus helping them to better open the market.