Sichuan Handmade Paper-cutting (Fucheng Paper-cutting)
Paper-cutting art is unevenly distributed and rare in Sichuan, my country. Especially in southern Sichuan, paper-cutting art can be counted on one's fingers. Especially the innovative paper-cutting art like Huang Ying, which best represents the style of western Sichuan and the local art characteristics of western Sichuan, can be said to be unique. The main material of paper-cutting is paper. The tools are also very simple. Before the invention of paper, it was impossible to have real paper-cutting. Before paper, cutting and engraving with other thin materials can only be said to be the predecessor of paper-cutting art. Paper-cutting is the most popular in rural areas, the easiest to use, and the effect is immediate. The cost of paper materials is low, and it is widely applicable and generally popular. It is most suitable for people to make in their spare time, so paper-cutting can be seen everywhere. Skilled folk artists can directly cut paper into patterns with scissors after making a draft in their minds. Professional artists use carving knives to make it on wax boards, which is called "paper cutting". After drafting, cutting, peeling, trimming, and pasting, dozens of sheets can be made at a time. The wax board is made of yellow wax and other materials, which is very easy. In addition, there is paper tearing, which basically refers to tearing the outer outline. Nowadays, many Western painting artists have begun to create folk art paper-cuts. These paper-cuts seem to reproduce nature and have a unique and indescribable beauty. They show the strong ethnic regional customs and the expressiveness of paper-cuts. Huang Ying's paper-cuts have created a unique paper-cut style in northwest Sichuan, China in the field of paper-cut art across the country. Entering Huang Ying's paper-cut art is equivalent to entering the folk culture of Mianyang. In particular, the "Huang Ying Paper-Cutting Art Poker" cards have taken the lead in entering the market, bringing our northwest Sichuan folk mother culture into the homes and hearts of tens of millions of people through the market, and into the whole country, remembering our traditional culture and root culture. Information source: Mianyang Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center Information source: Mianyang Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center