Discovering Practices from Cultural PerceptionLiving Culture and Research Experiences in Chinese Paper Cutting
Su Huan
Abstract: The modern paper-cutting research in China began in the 1980s. Most of basic problems in paper-cutting have been solved through the previous research. The inscription of Chinese paper-cutting on the list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity has accelerated the studies of paper-cutting towards interdisciplinarity and synthesis. Meanwhile, the "living culture method"was proposed by scholars and it has become more and more mature and scientific. In this era, it is of great importance to carry out more and deeper research on the ontology of paper-cutting, which can be initiated from several dimensions, such as the collection and examination of paper-cutting patterns, dictation forms of paper-cutting inheritors, and regional cultural research on this aspect. Thus, the methodology of living culture research starting from the basic principles of paper-cutting, can also be applied to paper-cutting practices. It can be used in the fields of paper-cutting training, community aesthetic education, and cross-cultural communication, etc.
Key words: paper cutting; living culture; overview of paper cutting studies; paper cutting heritage
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