Paper cut in China

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Paper-cut is a well-known Chinese folk art with a tradition for its unique styles, concise lines and expressive anc impressive patterns. Its unrestrained expression and primitive taste are loved and appreciated and honored by the artists, seholars and common peoples.

As a graphic engraving art form, parpercut shows an outstangding shaping technique and its distinet philosophie vocabulary. In paper-cut, the black and the white are contrasting, unreal exists in the same time. We find rich imagomations in its composition and sharp exaggeration in shaping amd rp,amtoe amd decorative air in its tree and natural decoupage. Paper-cut has own history, different classes, characteristies, artistic vocabulary and comparatively grown-up forms. It can be divided into three main classes, say, monochromatie paper-cut, multicolor unique styles, some are primitivaly beautiful and naturally charming, some are rich in local air and some have smooth lines, well-composed meticulously with monochromatic lines or multicolor lines. The paper-cut art has become one of the magnificent and beautiful flowers in the Chinese national artistic treasures.

A Facial make-up of Peking Opera
The facial  make-up of Chinese Peking Opera is a procedure of facial making-up of the actors and actresses,and it is general applied to"painted- face" characters and clowns, among whom most have their individual styles and colors in order highlight characteristic features of characters. It has the artistic feature of praising and blaming as well as telling virtue from evil. The audience may see the inside world of characters from their appearances, so that facial make-up is referred to as "inside picture"of characters.

Peking Opera facial make-up is an art of portrayal and exaggeration. The patterns of bat, bird wings and butterfly wings are often used to paint eyebrows and faces of characters, together with exaggerated nasal pits and mouth pit, to highlight faial expressions. Colors, such as red, yellow, blue, white, black, golden and silver, have their own meanings. Patterns and decorations are specific representation of the inside world and outside appearance of characters. All of' these are rich in culture.

Paper-cut is a kind of' special arts in Chinese culture and handicrafts. Since the facial make-up and clothes, of opera characters are splendid, with the great work of paper-cut, their excellent herauty are expressed to the upmos extent, and those paper-cuts can bring you special enjoyment and experience of beauty.