文档介绍：剪纸, 又叫刻纸, 是一种镂空艺术。是中国汉族最古老的民间艺术之一。其在视觉上给人以透空的感觉和艺术享受。剪纸的载体可以是纸张、金银箔、树皮、树叶、布、皮革。最具代表性的是北方山西的江萍剪纸,发展成为多色、套色、花色美,形成了" 简中求繁、繁中求和、和中求殊" 的原色、重彩艺术语言。剪纸在中国农村是历史悠久, 并且流传很广的一种民间艺术形式。剪纸, 就是用剪刀将纸剪成各种各样的图案,如窗花、门笺、墙花、顶棚花、灯花· 等。这种民俗艺术的产生和流传与中国农村的节日风俗有着密切关系, 逢年过节亦或新婚喜庆, 常常会贴"囍" 这个字, 人们把美丽鲜艳的剪纸贴在雪白的墙上或明亮的玻璃窗上、门上、灯笼上等, 节日的气氛便被渲染得非常浓郁喜庆。剪纸艺术是汉族传统的民间工艺,它源远流长, 经久不衰,是中国民间艺术中的瑰宝, 已成为世界艺术宝库中的一种珍藏。那质朴、生动有趣的艺术造型, 有着独特的艺术魅力。其特点主要表现在空间观念的二维性, 刀味纸感, 线条与装饰, 写意与寓意等许多方面。 Today, papercuttings are chiefly decorative. They ornament walls, windows, doors, columns, mirrors, lamps and lanterns in homes and are also used on presents or are given as gifts themselves. Entrances decorated with paper cut outs are supposed to bring good luck. Papercuttings used to be used as patterns, especially for embroidery and lacquer work. Papercuts are used by younger generation asa decoration for their kits and books. Paper-cutting was and is mostly used asa decoration, or an aesthetic way to express people ’s wishes, gratitude and other emotions. With a pair of scissors cutting through a piece of red paper, the paper-cuttings are endowed with a simple but exaggerated beauty. The vividly-depicted paper-cuttings have different meanings. Some express the wish for a harvest ora wealthy life, such as paper-cuttings ofa golden harvest, thriving domestic animals, good fortunes, a surplus year ora carp jumping over a dragon gate (a tradi