One, **** the same point: because of its easy access to materials, low cost, the effect of immediate, adaptable to a wide range of styles, the image of universal vivid.
Second, the differences:
1, different stylistic characteristics: northern paper-cutting thick, rough, naive, simple;;; southern paper-cutting spirit, beautiful, rigorous, delicate. As Mr. Guo Moruo said: "I have seen the North of the window, the taste of naivety and thick; now see the South of the carved paper, exquisite and transparent has not been. A cut of the cleverness of God's work, the beauty of the world forever." In a word, the North and South of the paper-cutting style characteristics.
2, different shapes: the southern paper-cutting paper-cutting a wide range of subjects, there are people and flowers, birds and animals, insects and fish, strange mountains, scenic spots, especially the four seasons flower long; northern paper-cutting for the character of the activities, birds, fish and insects, birds and animals, folk stories, legends, etc., modeling rigorous, folk flavor is very full.
3, different artistic characteristics: the southern paper-cutting to painting for the draft, composition concise, image of exaggerated simplicity, technique changes in the new, smooth lines, appearing clean and upright, giving a person a sense of thickness and completeness, has a beautiful, clean, detailed, delicate artistic style; northern paper-cutting folk flavor is strong, frank and simple, the representative areas are mainly in Shanxi, Shaanxi and Shandong.
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