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In the office, school, shopping malls, airplanes and even in the comfort of rooms, there is the role of the many forms and uses. It is amazing to know that one of the earliest uses of paper in China as a way to cut out shapes and forms used.

During the dynasty of the North and South America (386-581 AD), cut paper pattern is complex become a tradition. This was the beginning of the art of paper cutting called Zhi Jian China. The earliest representatives of this art is in the works represented Cutter simple life, hopes and beliefs. A personal favorite are the objects that are symbols of luck and happiness are. This piece of paper that people use to decorate their homes during the holidays, and even women as hair decorations during the Tang Dynasty.

The Song dynasty greatly improved papermaking process and present different colors of paper. Cut the paper craft of the time, place colored paper for a good cause of their production cut paper. In the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, the art of paper cutting its peak at the point where it will achieve a necessary skill for women before marriage. The topics of the Chinese paper-covered creations court extended also to the flora and fauna, scenes from traditional stories and folklore and even photos from the presentation of the famous heroes and mythical gods.

Currently, China has a lot of cutting paper cutting artist, specializing in paper. Knowledge is passed in the rule for generations of artists of paper in his family or village. There are different types of paper cutting in every region of China. Before then only the traditional Chinese themes, but now the images of the West and touched by the modern art are in some departures from waste paper.

Silhouette was also in other countries such as Germany and Switzerland, which in Denmark silhouette papirklip, Mexico, confetti, the papierknipkunst Poland Wycinanki, the Netherlands, the Japanese and Kirigami Katagami and even a country like Lithuania, have found their own form of that art paper cut.

The Chinese art of paper cutting is called Zhong Guo Zhi Jian (China Paper-cut) by cutting with scissors or carving patterns and shapes with a knife as a knife. The document is often used is called Jian Zhi Xuan paper. This article comes from Anhui province in which the fibers are made of pine wood.

Gap is paper folding and cutting and the resulting models are symmetric in general, because of the wrinkles. unsymmetrical sections can also be done with scissors. Only teachers Chinese paper cut scissors wielding a tool more can produce ornamental paper. Scissors cut paper art are generally larger scale and that the knife carved piece of paper.

Diameter paper sculpture is now a widespread practice in China. The role of highly skilled artists can even thinner and more delicate lines forming, cutting on the paper.
It is a style of cut paper art in China called Xi Wen style or roughly translated means  Thin Line  style. Cut the thin line of paper, artists can carve 50 lines in a square inch of paper. Once an online master cut carved paper thin, 100 flowers in the role of one square centimeter.

Several regions in China have fueled their own style of Jian Zhi. Some areas like Yu County, Hebei Province, painted in the art of handmade paper cut specialized. Each style has its own regional characteristics. Zhan Pu-style silhouette in Fujian province is different, and the type of paper used. Use a shiny paper called Guang (wax paper) instead of Xuan paper. They have also called a special cutting tool Jian pai, which can include a fork, cut the hair like patterns on paper.

Silhouette is a tradition in China and is part of Chinese life. During festivals and holidays such as Chinese New Year should every household have some Zhi Jian adorn its walls, windows or doors. It’s like a Christmas tree and the mistletoe at home for the Christmas holidays in the Western world.

More information can be found Zhi Jian www.chinaartworld.com.cn. A variety of Chinese paper cut art by various artists Court Chinese paper can also be found on this page.

The site aims to promote appreciation of the known traditional Chinese art of paper cutting Jian zhi.