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1、ChinesePaperCutting徐浪2010081144外院10級Paper-cutisaverydistinctivevisualartofChinesehandicrafts.Itoriginatedfromthe6thcenturywhenwomenusedtopastegoldenandsilverfoilcuttingsontotheirhairatthetemples,andmenusedtheminsacredrituals.Later,theywereusedduringfestivalstodecorategatesandwindows.Afterhund
2、redsofyears'development,nowtheyhavebecomeaverypopularmeansofdecorationamongcountryfolk,especiallywomen.Themaincuttingtoolsaresimple:paperandscissorsoranengravingknife,butcleveranddeftcraftspeopleareremarkablygoodatcuttinginthethemeofdailylife.Whenyoulookatitemsmadeinthismethodcarefully,youwil
3、lbeamazedbythetruetolifeexpressionsofthefigure'ssentimentandappearance,orportrayalofnaturalplantsandanimals'diversegestures.Patternsofchrysanthemumdisplaythecurlingpetals,piedmagpiesshowtheirtinyfeathersandotherssuchasamarrieddaughterreturningtoherparents'home,oryoungpeoplepayingaNewYearcallt
4、otheirgrandparents.Althoughotherartforms,likepainting,canalsoshowsimilarscenes,papercuttingstillstandsoutforitscharm-exactinglinesandingeniouspatternswhichareallhand-made.Tomakethethree-dimensionalscenespopoutvisuallyfromthepaper,astheyareusuallyinmonochrome,engraversmustexerttheirimagination
5、.Theymustdeletesecondarypartsandcomposethemainbodyproperly,abstractlyandboldly.Thoughsimple,thecolorthenappearscharminglybright.Itiseasytolearnaboutcuttingapieceofpaperbutverydifficulttomasteritwithperfection.Onemustgrasptheknifeinanuprightfashionandpressevenlyonthepaperwithsomestrength.Flexi
6、bilityisrequiredbutanyhesitationorwigglingwillleadtoimprecisionordamagethewholeimage.Engraversstressthecuttinglinesinseveralstyles.Theyattempttocarveacirclelikethemoon,astraightlinelikeastemofwheat,asquarelikeabrick,andjaggedlylikethebeard.Peoplefindhopeandcomfortinexpressingwisheswithpapercu
7、ttings.Forexample:foraweddingceremony,redpapercuttingsareatraditionalandrequireddecorationontheteaset,thedressingtableglass,andonotherfurniture.Abigredpapercharacter'Xi'(happiness)isatraditionalmustonthenewlywed'sdoor.Uponthebirthdaypartyofas