Shayier China 's Intangible Cultural Heritage Chinese Creative Handmade Paper-Cut (Zodiac)

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Color:Zodiac Paper-cuts in China Paper-cut is a gorgeous and wonderful work in China’s treasure house. It has its own unique features and enjoys a long history, which is one of the most popular folk traditional Chinese decoration arts with most characteristic. It is simple and fresh, which touches people greatly; it is tender and pure, which wins people’s praise; it is also unrestrained and natural, which is respected and rewarded by all of us. As embodiment of China’s original philosophy, the paper-cut has features of being comprehensive, beatified and lucky. In the meanwhile, with special expression, it conveys connotation and essence of traditional culture. It not only stands for people’s ability to appreciate arts, but also manifests deep level of social psychology in China. No matter colorful paper-cut with local characteristics, being simple, elegant, and natural or only-color and multi-color paper-cut which are fine and dedicate with smooth lines and suitable density, it is hard for any other paintings to compare with it, for the paper-cut was listed as “world cultural heritage” by UNESCO. zodiac Chinese twelve zodiac, also known as the zodiac, is the twelve animals which China and 12 Earthly Branches match the year of people birth, including rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. With the development of history, the zodiac gradually merged into the concept of folk beliefs, in marriage, life, fortune of the year, etc. Each zodiac has a wealth of legends, and thus the formation of a concept interpretation system, become the philosophy of image in folk culture, Such as marriage with the Zodiac, temple prayer, one’s zodiacal year and so on. In modern, more people regard the Chinese zodiac as the mascot of the Spring Festival, a symbol of entertainment and cultural activities.