Location: National Art Museum of China halls 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17

Period: Jan 9, 2024 - Jan 23, 2024

Chinese folk art of paper-cutting is deeply rooted in China's agricultural civilization, which has an earthly and authentic spiritual strength. Paper-cutting art fully reflects people's participation and creativity. It is the promotion of the people that forms today's spectacular artistic picture of Chinese folk art of paper-cutting.

Since its establishment, the National Art Museum of China has attached great importance to the collection, display, and research of folk paper-cutting. In the past 60 years, the National Art Museum of China has collected more than 16,000 pieces (more than 6,200 sets) of paper-cut works from all over the country.

In this exhibition, more than 260 pieces (sets) of paper-cut works were selected to display, among which the works of eight representative paper-cut masters, Wang Laoshang, Su Lanhua, Wang Jiru, Ku Shulan, Qi Xiumei, Cao Dianxiang, Gao Jinai, and Gao Fenglian, were selected as the first unit of the exhibition. The second and third units are based on the paper-cutting distribution regions and functions. These units together present the basic overview of Chinese folk art of paper-cutting since modern times, making the collected works alive. Through protecting, inheriting, and making good use of folk art, this exhibition will tell the story of Chinese excellent traditional culture.

Translator: WEN Min 

Reviewer: TANG Yuxin