Paper Cuttings paper cutting [Hebei Fucheng specialty]

What is Fucheng Paper Cuttings? Authentic Hebei Fucheng Specialty: Fucheng Paper Cuttings

Content Abstract:Want to know what Fucheng Paper Cuttings is? This article is a special article that introduces in detail the specialty of Paper Cuttings in Fucheng, Hebei Province. It was compiled by the editorial team of China Specialty Website after consulting and collecting relevant information about Fucheng Paper Cuttings. The full text takes about 6 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Paper Cuttings in Fucheng and the characteristics of Paper Cuttings products? How did the history of Paper Cuttings in Fucheng originate? Fucheng Paper Cuttings production methods

The basic introduction of Paper Cuttings in Fucheng, Hebei Province Paper Cuttings originated from Chenji Village, Cuimiao Town, and has been radiating to several surrounding towns, such as Wharf Town and Ancient City, with a history of more than 60 years. With the technological innovation, in addition to the traditional manual Paper Cuttings processing, Fucheng Paper Cuttings technology has also formed a professional machine scale production, greatly reducing the manual cost of Paper Cuttings and improving the production efficiency of Paper Cuttings; The popular Paper Cuttings with happy characters and Paper Cuttings with lucky characters, which are popular among the people, have become popular all over the country

What are the characteristics of Paper Cuttings products in Fucheng

Fucheng Paper Cuttings has smooth lines, distinctive images and unique artistic style, maintaining the freehand brushwork, fine brushwork and other forms of Chinese painting. Paper Cuttings is mainly made of silk, cloth, silk paper, rice paper, etc. It can be manually cut or mass-produced by machines, and can also be designed for mounting, meeting different levels of market demand from low to high

How did the history of Paper Cuttings in Fucheng originate

China's folk Paper Cuttings has its own formation and development process. China's Paper Cuttings was invented in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period (the 3rd century BC). At that time, people used thin materials to make handicrafts by hollowing out carving techniques, but it has been popular since the time when paper was not available, that is, carving, carving, cutting techniques were used to cut patterns on gold foil, leather, silk, and even on leaves. In the Records of the Historian, Jian Tong and Feng Di recorded that in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, Cheng Wang cut wutong leaves into "Gui" to give his younger brother, and granted Shuyu the title of Marquis in the Tang Dynasty. During the Warring States Period, leather engraving was used (one of the cultural relics unearthed from Chu Tomb No.1 in Jianglingwangshan, Hubei Province), and silver foil engraving (one of the cultural relics unearthed from the Warring States Site in Guwei Village, Huixian, Henan Province). They all went out together with Paper Cuttings, and their appearance laid a certain foundation for the formation of folk Paper Cuttings. The earliest discovery of Paper Cuttings works in China was in 1967 when Chinese archaeologists found two pieces of Paper Cuttings with round flowers in the ancient Northern Dynasties tombs in Astana near the Gaochang site in the Turpan Basin, Xinjiang. They used hemp paper, both folding sacrificial Paper Cuttings. Their discovery provided physical evidence for the formation of Paper Cuttings in China

The history of Paper Cuttings handicrafts, that is, the real Paper Cuttings, should begin with the emergence of paper. The invention of paper in the Han Dynasty promoted the emergence, development and popularization of Paper Cuttings. Paper is a material that is easily moldy, and people do not preserve it like treasures. If it is damaged, it can be cut again. In the northwest of China, the weather is dry with little rain, and the paper is not easy to mildew, which may also be one of the important reasons for the discovery of Paper Cuttings in the Northern Dynasties in Turpan, Xinjiang

The production method of Paper Cuttings in Fucheng

1. Printing and dyeing paper - traditional Chinese Paper Cuttings artists will use brushes to dye the paper into traditional Chinese red

2. Hot stamping - After the dyed rice paper dries, wrinkles usually appear. Use a warm iron to flatten the crumpled paper<3. Template making - The image of the butterfly below is very simple. Use a pencil to outline the outline of the butterfly<4. Smoking Template - Take a piece of paper that has just been dyed, moisten it, and then press the template underneath. Make one side of the template face the kerosene lamp. The template and areas not covered with the template will be blackened by the smoke of the kerosene lamp. After the paper is completely dry, remove the template and leave the areas that have been smoked by the kerosene lamp and the blank areas covered by the template that have not been smoked. This is the model of Paper Cuttings

5. Stacking - place the Paper Cuttings template on a small pile of dyed paper, about 20 pieces, and seal them together