Lucky Motifs in Chinese Folk Art: Interpreting Paper-cut from Chinese Shaanxi
Paper-cut is not simply a form of traditional Chinese folk art. Lucky motifs developed in paper-cut certainly acquired profound cultural connotations. As paper-cut is a time-honoured skill across the nation, interpreting those motifs requires cultural receptiveness and anthropological sensitivity. T...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
2013-11-01
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| Series: | Asian Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/763 |
| Summary: | Paper-cut is not simply a form of traditional Chinese folk art. Lucky motifs developed in paper-cut certainly acquired profound cultural connotations. As paper-cut is a time-honoured skill across the nation, interpreting those motifs requires cultural receptiveness and anthropological sensitivity. The author of this article analyzes examples of paper-cut from Northern Shaanxi, China, to identify the cohesive motifs and explore the auspiciousness of the specific concepts of Fu, Lu, Shou, Xi. The paper-cut of Northern Shaanxi is an ideal representative of the craft as a whole because of the relative stability of this region in history, in terms of both art and culture. Furthermore, its straightforward style provides a clear demonstration of motifs regarding folk understanding of expectations for life.
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| ISSN: | 2232-5131 2350-4226 |