"Small Book, Big Inheritance" General Reader on Intangible Cultural Heritage: Paper-Cutting

Paper-cutting is to cut out and carve out the paper to show the desired image. Nowadays, decorative patterns or patterns made by cutting or carving paper are generally called paper-cut art. China's ancient farming society fundamentally determines the content and form of folk paper-cutting. It is naive, simple, rough and vigorous, simple and flexible, natural and interesting, fully demonstrating its own special artistic charm. This ancient art in an agricultural society has evolved into an important form of expression of traditional Chinese culture through the inheritance and development of people from generation to generation, with distinctive folk customs and folk art characteristics. Paper-cutting is a folk art created, spread and enjoyed by my country's working people in the folk life of farming society. It has a history of more than 3,000 years. It is an important part of Chinese national culture. Its many authors, many functions, wide spread, deep influence and great value are incomparable to other types of art. This book is a popular reading about the art of Chinese paper-cutting. It is divided into five parts: "The development history of paper-cutting", "Categories and production techniques of paper-cutting", "Distribution of paper-cutting in my country and representative origins", "Representative paper-cutting artists" and "Folk custom functions and cultural connotations of paper-cutting".