Pingyao paper-cutting mainly originated from the folk. Widely used in festivals, weddings, funerals, life etiquette and so on.
People express their thoughts and feelings such as looking forward to happiness, celebrating harvest, exorcising evil spirits and worshiping god through paper-cutting, which makes paper-cutting gradually evolve into a unique art form and glow with increasingly dazzling brilliance while decorating people's lives and pinning their feelings.
Pingyao County, located in the middle of Shanxi Province, borders Jiexiu, Qixian, Wenshui, Fenyang and Qinyuan. Pingyao County belongs to Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, with a total area of 1260 square kilometers.
By the end of 2020, the county has jurisdiction over 5 towns, 8 townships and 3 streets. The total resident population is 448,207 (202 1). Pingyao County is the second batch of historical and cultural cities in China, among which Pingyao Ancient City is a world cultural heritage, a national historical and cultural city and a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction, and one of the "four best ancient cities" in China.
Introduction:
Pingyao paper-cut is rich in genre, with figures, animals, plants and flowers as the theme. Creators often capture very common things in life through homophonic and symbolic techniques, and form artistic patterns with rich images and profound meanings.
For example, the dragon and phoenix are auspicious, and the phoenix plays peony. It is a good match for a hundred years, and the lotus blossoms symbolize the happiness of marriage. Liu Hai Xi Jin Chan praises sincere love.
Persimmons are happy, four in one, five poisons are harmonious, and family reunion prays for all the year round; The moral of "Magpie on Plum" is beaming, beaming;
"Let a hundred flowers blossom" and "Send a unicorn" wish people an early birth and many children ... In the world of paper-cutting art, folk artists cut out their beautiful ideals with a pair of skillful hands and spread their imaginative wings. They are vivid in form, and all ingenious ideas are in them.