The folk art displayed in the book is the painstaking efforts collected by the author in recent 20 years, and also includes the sweat of the members of the research group in recent years. Every object can tell a story, express some feelings and leave some thoughts. We try our best to present the first-hand information of every folk art case to readers with the soil of collecting wind and the temperature made by artists.
Window grilles is one of the series of China Folk Art Works edited by Dr. Pan Lusheng, Dean of Shandong Academy of Arts and Crafts, and officially published by Hebei Fine Arts Publishing House. It is illustrated with pictures and texts, showing the elegance of folk paper-cutting and folk artists with a large number of physical materials, photographic pictures and recorded written materials, so that everyone can have a more intuitive understanding of folk paper-cutting. Show it to everyone on the occasion of the "Folk Art Festival".
Stick grilles is an ancient festival custom. During the Spring Festival, people in many places in China like to stick various paper-cut window grilles on their windows. Window grilles can not only set off the festive atmosphere, but also bring people beautiful enjoyment, integrating decoration, appreciation and practicality. Paper-cutting is a very popular folk art, which has been deeply loved by people for thousands of years. Because it is often pasted on windows, people generally call it "window grilles".
Window grilles are paper-cut pasted on window paper or window glass, which is one of the ancient traditional folk arts in China. It has a long history and unique style, and is deeply loved by people at home and abroad.
Window grillage is a characteristic art of farming culture. The geographical environment of rural life, the characteristics of agricultural production and social customs also make this kind of local art have distinctive China folk taste and artistic characteristics.
In the past, whether in the north or the south, stick grilles was always visited during the Spring Festival. Now it is only posted in the south when you get married, and it is generally not posted during the Spring Festival. Stick grilles is still very popular in the north. In Fengning, Hebei Province, if there is no stick grilles during the Spring Festival, people will guess whether something happened to this family. One of the paper-cut varieties.
In order to set off the festive atmosphere, the vast rural areas put paper-cuts on the windows before the Spring Festival. Generally speaking, the style of window grilles is relatively free, except for the "corner flower" stuck in the four corners and the "group flower" folded and cut, there is no restriction on its outer contour. The theme of window grilles is very wide, and there are a lot of drama stories. Window grilles are more common in the north.
Every art has its own unique artistic style. Because of the materials (paper) and tools (scissors and carving knives) used in paper cutting, paper cutting has its own artistic style. Paper-cut art is a kind of folk art that is easy to learn but difficult to master. Most of the authors come from rural women and folk artists. Because they take what they see and hear in real life as the theme, and observe things according to simple feelings and intuitive impressions, they have formed a special style of paper-cutting art, which embodies the unpretentious spirit of farmers.