History of Chinese paper-cutting art, with very high artistic quality, practical and decorative. Meanwhile, as a folk art, paper-cutting with rich local color and formed in the historical development of a number of paper-cut resorts. Different parts of the paper-cut reflects the local customs, and also hosts the local culture and history. A paper-cut resorts, cleverly cut out with scissors China China's splendid mountains and 5,000 years of civilization.
The yuxian area in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei province stems from Qing dynasty Daoguang period, dating back more than 200 years of history.
Yuxian initially draw embroidery patterns and paper ornaments for Buddhist activities of the temple. Watermarks window bars and planks in yangliuqing of Tianjin Hebei wuqiang of wood art of making pictures, also has an effect on it.
Yuxian of raw material is a thin rice paper, paper cutting tool is a tiny carving knife. Carving is completed, to bright colors in the pattern.
Yuxian production process involves three processes: drawing and smoked, sculpture, stained. Drawing is plotted drawings, before you can put the drawings on paper cut. Smoking is actually another form of drawing. Same old drawings in a big white above, these two pieces of paper covered with a piece of wood, and then squirted with water and old drawings, and then put on the lamp burning. Smoked after the all blacks, uncovered the original drawings, the Yin version of white left on smoking patterns. A piece of artwork can make more yin. Put a pad of white paper at the end of a soft leather Plaid box fixed up, covered with shade can start the next step.
Yuxian is famous for its fine with a knife. Artists can reach more than 30 species with a knife. Carving techniques, to incised, carved as a supplement, the maximum feature of the yuxian other local.
The third process for dyeing. Dye known as Speck. Speck with liquor regulation, color will only sink not overflowing. Staining stained top with a brush color when dyed, to penetration of more than more than 40 at a time, but it must be in one color and then dye the second color, so as not to damp strings.
Designs cover a wide range of yuxian, reaching more than 2,500 species. With a single pattern, such as Opera characters, Facebook, landscape, landscapes, birds and flowers, insects and so on; also auspicious combination patterns, such as Golden Monkey Shui, Zodiac North America, baby for everybody, the magpie plum, and so on. Its use from the previous window extends to pictures, greeting cards, bookmarks, door painting, cover pages, and so on. Send send ghost doll dolls paper cut calling back
Yuxian shear, form yuxian unique style. While color is gorgeous, "three knife seven stained" said; the bold color, horses, cattle, sheep, pigs can be red, gray rats can also have red lips, pink feet, great fun and humor.
