Paper Cutting in Pucheng County, Following Tradition while Being Creative

浦城剪纸 守正创新

Paper Cutting of "Fu" Culture (Fujian Daily News. Photo by Media Convergence of Pucheng County)  

福文化剪纸 （图片来源福建日报，浦城融媒体供图）

Zhou Dongmei, Master of Arts and Crafts in Fujian Province, is working on  Paper Cutting works. (Photo by Qiu Chunjing)

省工艺美术大师周冬梅在创作剪纸作品。（邱春静 摄）

As early as Western Jin Dynasty, the predecessors migrated from Central Plains brought the Paper Cutting technique to Pucheng County. While the cultures of Central Plains and Min Yue are converging, Pucheng Paper Cutting developed its characteristic of delicacy in southern style and briefness in northern style, in which traditional techniques were cultivated, including rubbing pattern using ink soap, fidibus fixation. In 2008, Pucheng County is named“Hometown of Chinese folk Culture and Art”by Ministry of Culture. In 2014, Pucheng Paper Cutting was included in the 4^th group of the National Intangible Cultural Heritage List.

早在西晋时期，由中原迁徙而来的先民便将剪纸艺术传到浦城，在中原文化和闽越文化交融的过程中，积淀下墨皂拓印花样、纸捻固定等传统手法，形成了兼具南方纤巧细腻和北方简约大气风格的浦城剪纸。2008年，浦城县被国家文化部命名为“中国民间文化艺术（剪纸）之乡”，浦城剪纸也在6年后入选第四批国家级非物质文化遗产名录。

“Last year we made papercut work in the form of NFT（Non-Fungible Token）digital artwork which was favored by young people, and presented a series of lively short videos with shadow play animation, so as to strengthen the influence of excellent traditional Chinese culture by means of using Internet network.” In the Paper Cuttingmill, Wang Xu demonstrated the Pucheng Paper Cutting products in association with articles for daily use, package for agricultural products, and catering corporations. Pucheng Paper Cutting has been developing a variety of ways to advocate itself, in addition to creativity in the content.

“去年我们将剪纸作品做成年轻人喜爱的NFT数字艺术品，并结合皮影动画推出一系列生动有趣的短视频，借力互联网增强了优秀传统文化的影响力。”在剪纸坊，王旭向记者展示了剪纸与生活用品、农产品包装、餐饮企业跨界融合的系列产品。除了在内容上不断推陈出新，浦城剪纸的传播形式也正日渐丰富。