我国南方民间剪纸的文化生态环境

Cultural and Ecological Environment of Folk Paper-cut in South China

南方民间剪纸是我国南方诸多民族民俗文化的产物。它孕育于南方古代的雕镂工艺之中,在巫文化的直接催化下形成。南方发达的古代造纸业、冶炼铸造工艺为剪纸的出现提供了必要条件。南方各民族绚丽多彩的服饰民俗,促使了剪纸中花样剪纸的发展。南国年节社火中热闹非凡的游灯、赛灯、观灯习俗刺激了灯花剪纸的形成和提高。长江、珠江流域发达而活跃的经济文化,催生了大批剪纸艺人和剪纸工匠,他们的参与打破以往民间剪纸以女性为主的专利,成为男女共享的具有多种创作和传承模式的民间文化活动。

Folk paper-cut is the product of folk customs of many nationalities in south China. Paper-cut originated from the ancient carving and Wu culture. The developed papermaking industry and melting technology in south China is the prerequisite to paper-cut. The colorful dresses of people in south China enhanced the development of fashion paper-cut. The lantern festivals gave stimuli to snuff paper-cut. The developed economy and culture in Yangtze river valley and Pearl valley gave birth to a lot of paper-cut artists, which means paper-cut no longer be the monopoly of female, and paper-cut becomes a folk cultural activity that is created and passed on in various ways.