Gangu Paper Cutting

Gansu
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Paper-cutting is one of the folk arts in my country. Paper-cutting is very practical. In addition to making window decorations and hanging paper during the Spring Festival, it can also be made into lanterns and festive flowers. In rural areas, paper-cutting is used to make shoe flowers, pillow flowers, hat flowers, bellyband flowers, sleeve flowers, apron flowers, etc. Paper-cutting is mainly single-color, but there are also corner-cutting and paper-tearing. There are traditional and modern ones, as well as a combination of traditional and modern ones, with various techniques and rich content. The tool for paper-cutting is generally a pair of small scissors, and some artists also use a special carving knife to carve, which is called "paper carving". The themes of paper-cutting are very wide, including characters, flowers, animals, landscapes, myths, folk life fragments, etc. Gangu paper-cutting has a long history, and the overall style is simple, honest, gorgeous and festive. His works feature figures, flowers, animals, landscapes and life scenes, as well as literati's refined works, auspicious teapots, tea bowls, idioms and allusions, folk tales, etc. They integrate traditional and modern art, with beautiful shapes, simple and generous style, sincere emotions, delicate style, rough yet detailed, and full of interest in life.

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