Paper-cut paper-cut is an ancient and widely spread traditional decorative art in this county. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, folk women cut ribbons, arranged flowers, and spent flowers and birds in temples. In the Tang Dynasty, flowers, birds and insects were cut out of paper and pasted on the windows. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the paper-cutting art in this county tended to reach a climax. The art of cutting is rooted in people. In the past, adult women could do it, and some people sold it exclusively in the market. The paper-cutting art of county people is widely used, ingenious in conception, diverse in forms and rough in style. Categories mainly include: window grilles, wedding flowers, fireworks, snuff and embroidery patterns.

Fushan paper-cut has five characteristics: first, multi-point perspective, single pendulum flat; The second is decorative; The third is to expose the space and line connection; The fourth is symmetrical folding; Fifth, strong exaggeration and rich imagination.

Paper-cutting is mainly used in folk activities, such as window grilles, wall hangings, hanging curtains, Buddha's dust paper for the Spring Festival, bridal chamber decoration and make-up clothes when men and women get married, group worship and birthday flowers when young and old are born, and even incense sticks, paper figures and paper horses. At the funeral, all this was vivid, vivid. Folk custom produces paper-cutting, which enriches folk activities.

In the early days of the founding of New China, there appeared several paper-cutting artists, such as Xing from South Zhang Cun, Wang Jiuming from Xiwang Village, Yuan Yuee from Qiaobei Village, Yang Ping from Shibi Village, Xu Cun, and Joe from the village. Among them, Wang Baozhen from Wangbei Village is outstanding. She has been an artist for more than 60 years, and her knife work is skilled and exquisite. The characters she personally cut are lifelike, and the animals are lifelike. The work "Pig Eight Rings Carrying His Daughter-in-law" won the first prize in the paper-cutting competition held in Shanxi Province in 1986. In the mid-1970s, the county cultural center held a paper-cutting training class and trained a group of paper-cutting novices. On the basis of inheriting traditional art, they boldly innovated, developing from monochrome paper-cutting to color paper-cutting and dyeing paper-cutting. The paper-cut art in this county has broken through the previous practical scope. The works of paper-cut artist Zheng Honge, artists and paper-cut experts Liang Chunlan, Joe, Zhou and Zhang have been published in many newspapers at home and abroad. Zheng Honge's Farming Map was included in China Construction magazine as 1976 New Year Picture, published in English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Russian, and selected for the National New Year Picture Exhibition. Its original work was collected by the Palace Museum in Beijing. 1979 He created the book "Ancient Scientists in China" and was selected into the national popular science art exhibition, winning the second prize. After 1984, China Fushan paper-cut and Fushan folk paper-cut were successively edited and published by Shanxi Publishing House. 1979 County Second Light Industry Bureau established a paper-cutting factory with 34 artists. Twenty-four products have been exported to Japan, the United States, France, Italy, Hong Kong and other 12 countries and regions, with the export volume exceeding 654.38+10,000 sets. 1980, Fushan County took the lead in setting up a paper-cutting research society in China, with 105 members. From 65438 to 0984, Zheng Honge was elected director of the National Paper-cutting Society and vice president of Shanxi Paper-cutting Research Association. 1985 Folk paper-cuts in this county were exhibited in Yingze Park, Taiyuan, the provincial capital. 1986 There were 10 folk artists who attended the first paper-cutting conference in Shanxi Province. Two of them won the first prize, three won the second prize and five won the third prize. In the same year, Shanxi Provincial Department of Culture awarded Fushan County the honorary title of "Hometown of Paper-cutting Art". Xinhua News Agency, CCTV, Central Film News Recording Factory, Shanxi TV Station and Taipei TV Station have interviewed many times. 199365438+February, the Ministry of Culture awarded the county the plaque of "Hometown of Chinese Folk Art". Art delegations from the United States, Japan, Britain, France and other countries visited the county. Gillam, representative of France-China Friendship Association, spoke highly of Fushan paper-cutting. "Heartfelt congratulations on the collection and introduction of Fukuyama paper-cuts, which are clear in shape, decorative and expressive." 1998 Liang Chunlan, a farmer paper-cutting expert, was invited to give lectures in Australia and hold a paper-cutting Expo. 1999 During the Spring Festival, Liang Chunlan and Wang Shu participated in the Shanxi Farmers' Unique Skills Competition and won the first and second prizes respectively. Fushan paper-cut boutique has become a treasure that people collect and give to international friends.