| Based on profound traditional culture, Ningxia Paper-cut artists create much concise, rugged and massive paper-cut art with full-bodied living feeling and kind ethnic style. Ningxia paper-cut styles are various, and they are important part of grassland culture. During hundreds of years, the art is popular among folk, Bianbu, and Lingeer all the time, and promotes further communication and integration of Mongolian and Han Nationality. |
| Among them, the most famous are Fu Zhaoe, Fu zhaofeng sisters. More than 100 works of them are exhibited nationwide. And some are published on the press, such as Nationality Pictorial and Xi'an Wan Bao. Their works reflect the wishes of farmers to pursue beautiful life By using the art manners of exaggeration, symbol, etc. And the works look simple, romantic and rugged also with much countryside feeling. Camel Chinese Zodiac Pictures and Sisters Discuss Abundant Year are representative to show Northern ethnic ancient traditional culture.
More impressing is that handicapped Lu Mengdie in Yongning County Ningxia did something melting: To support Beijing Olympics by 2008 butterfly paper-cuts. She completes this great work by using more than one year. 2008 butterflies represent 2008 Olympics; and 112 face to face flying butterflies symbolize 112-year-history of Olympics; and another 29 peonies indicate the 29 th Olympics. |
