In Shanglinyuan, west of Yangzhou, there are exotic flowers, exotic plants, rare birds and animals from all over the country. Whenever he takes the maid-in-waiting to the garden at night, he doesn't turn on the light, so many fireflies are caught and sent there. All over the mountains are fluorescent, as bright as day. In winter, the flowers and trees in the garden wither, the water in the pool freezes, and the wanderers of Emperor Yang are not reduced. However, ladies-in-waiting imitate folk paper-cutting, decorate branches with colorful brocade, hang them on trees, and cut them into lotus flowers, dragonflies and lotus roots. Remove the ice from the pool and arrange the water one by one, just like the gorgeous scenery at the turn of spring and summer, which is pleasing to the eye. This kind of "firefly garden" and "cut music", like "lost building" and "dragon boat", reflect the evil life of emperor Yang Di, but from the side of cutting the ribbon for flowers, Yangzhou paper-cutting has a long history.
In the Tang Dynasty, Yangzhou had the custom of paper-cutting to welcome the Spring. On the day of beginning of spring, folk paper-cuts are flowers, and they are also cut into spring butterflies, spring money and spring victory, "hanging on the top of a beauty or under a flower", which makes people feel happy. Li Shangyin, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote the sentence "Carving gold to win the tradition, and cutting the ribbon to make people start the golden style", praising the beauty that paper-cutting is loved by people. At that time, paper-cutting was still superstitious. Yangzhou folk paper-cut people, paper horses and paper money are used to pay homage to ghosts and gods. Du Fu, a great poet, wrote in Peng ADB: "Warm soup is enough for me, and paper-cutting is enough for my soul", which is a reflection of this custom. 1980 In the spring, all walks of life in Yangzhou welcomed "Master Jian Zhen" back to his hometown to visit relatives. Yangzhou artists made a set of paper-cuts of Jian Zhen Da Monk, and Mr. Zhao Puchu wrote a poem "Remembering Jiangnan" for it. In the poem, there is a sentence "The bright moon sings all over the city, and the paper-cuts are magical and memorable", citing the Millennium customs and expressing the feelings of hometown.
The paper industry flourished in the Tang Dynasty, and there were large paper workshops in Yangzhou. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, a large number of high-quality tribute papers were produced. As a powerful material condition, it has also promoted the development of paper-cutting art. Since ancient times, there have been many exotic flowers and grasses in Yangzhou. Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, Yangzhou has been a satrap and poet, sending flowers and trees, decorating elegance, doing many things and writing many famous articles. This is an important factor in the theme of paper-cutting. Yangzhou paper-cut is dominated by flowers, which is indeed an important embodiment of the Millennium tradition. After liberation, paper cutting, like other traditional handicrafts, has attracted the attention of the party and the government. 1955 The Folk Arts and Crafts Society (now Yangzhou Arts and Crafts Factory) was established to organize scattered folk artists and arrange their working conditions, which greatly stimulated their creative enthusiasm. There are more than 65,438+0,000 kinds of Yangzhou paper-cuts, which are sold to dozens of countries and regions, making contributions to cultural and artistic exchanges at home and abroad.
The state attaches great importance to the protection of intangible cultural heritage. On May 20th, 2006, this heritage was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. On June 5th, 2007, the Ministry of Culture confirmed Zhang Xiufang, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province as the representative inheritor of this cultural heritage project and included it in the list of 226 representative inheritors of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage projects. On July 6th, 2009, the National Paper-cut Gift and Tourist Souvenir Fair hosted by China Paper-cut Museum came to a successful conclusion, which was the first time that Yangzhou Paper-cut held the National Paper-cut Fair. At the Expo, Yangzhou paper-cut introduced various forms of packaging, such as books, photo frames, mirrors, folding fans and so on. , and paper-cut varieties all over the country together.
Yangzhou paper-cut is actually very suitable for tourist souvenirs. It is not only exquisite in skill, but also has strong local and traditional characteristics. The price is within the psychological range acceptable to tourists, and the carrying weight is also light, which has attracted the unanimous attention of people in the tourism industry. Yangzhou paper-cut is the largest transaction volume in the national paper-cut gifts and tourist souvenirs fair.
At the Expo, paper-cut artists and tourists from all over the country praised Yangzhou paper-cut art and made suggestions: I hope Yangzhou paper-cut will break through the tradition, pay attention to practicality and win a bigger market. Some experts believe that Yangzhou paper-cut is artistic, so it can be considered to be made into a large format and combined with interior decoration. It has also been suggested that paper-cutting can go to a broader market, and the fashionable wedding photos of young people in Shanghai have also been beautified in the form of paper-cutting.
It's spring for Yangzhou paper-cut industry to develop. In June 2009, Yangzhou issued the Preliminary Plan for the Development of Paper-cut Industry in Yangzhou, and put forward the development ideas of paper-cut industry in the next few years from the aspects of cultural background and market prospect of industrial development projects. Continue to run the biennial National Paper-cut Boutique Expo, and expand the popularity of Yangzhou paper-cut through mutual exhibition and exchange with paper-cut art in various places. Efforts should be made to build the brand of "Zhong Jian", lead the development of Chinese paper-cutting, open up domestic and foreign markets, and gradually form an industrial chain of paper-cutting works from design to production and mounting.
Yangzhou paper-cutting will take the road of industrialization and build a national Yangzhou paper-cutting processing and production base. It is estimated that the annual output value will reach150,000 yuan, which will provide guarantee for the development of Yangzhou paper-cutting production. Wang Jing, China Paper-cut Museum, said that in the face of increasingly fierce market competition, Yangzhou paper-cut should not only show superb skills, but also be introduced to the market, from display culture to sales culture. Start the paper-cut patent promotion project, and skillfully integrate paper-cut art with personalized clothing through the development of paper-cut cultural T-shirts. Actively develop tourist souvenirs of scenic spots, develop paper-cut animation industry, extend paper-cut art subordinate to folk art, explore the expression forms of paper-cut animation, develop animation works with Yangzhou paper-cut characteristics, and expand the influence of Yangzhou paper-cut among young people.
In 2009, Yangzhou paper-cutting has begun to move towards corporate cultural gifts, axle products for home decoration, and new products such as greeting cards, desk calendars, calendars, gift boxes and lantern ornaments. The paper-cut patent promotion project will be officially launched in May 2009. Paper-cut animation industry will complete pre-negotiation before June, pre-production in September, and formally put on the screen at the end of the year.