1. ***The same point: because of its easy-to-obtain materials, low cost, immediate effects, wide adaptability, various styles, and universal and vivid images.
2. Differences:
1. Different style characteristics: Northern paper-cutting is thick, rough, innocent, and simple; Southern paper-cutting is smart, beautiful, rigorous, and delicate. . As Mr. Guo Moruo said: "I once saw the window flowers from the North, which were innocent and rich in taste; now I see the engraving paper from the South, which is exquisite and clear like never before. The skill of cutting is magical, and the beauty will last forever in the world." One sentence makes the difference between the North and the South. The style characteristics of paper cutting.
2. Different shapes: Southern paper-cutting has a wide range of themes, including figures and flowers, birds, animals, insects, fish, strange mountains and scenery, places of interest, etc., especially flowers in four seasons; northern paper-cutting is mostly about human activities, Flowers, birds, fish, insects, birds and animals, folk stories and legends, etc., are rigorous in shape and full of folk flavor.
3. Different artistic characteristics: Southern paper-cutting is based on paintings, with concise composition, exaggerated and concise images, innovative techniques, smooth lines, delicate and straight lines, giving people a sense of solidity and completeness. Beautiful, delicate, meticulous and exquisite artistic style; northern paper-cutting has a strong folk custom and is straightforward and concise. The representative regions are mainly Shanxi, Shaanxi and Shandong.
Baidu Encyclopedia - Chinese Paper-cutting
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