Chinese Minority Folk Paper-cut Cultural Studies

The oral and intangible cultural resources of 56 nationalities in China merged into the emotional source of different ethnic culture development representing the living culture of cultural space and social memories, Cultural symbols and meme. As one of the elements of non-material cultural resources, paper-cutting among the minorities has typical cultural diversity and ethnic and cultural symbolic significance, it can be said that the national culture deep memory. Through the study of minority traditional paper-cutting, we can not only carry out thorough and meticulous inspection for this national folk art, but also through systematic and comprehensive exploration of paper-cutting, explore a new domain for national traditional culture of minority nationalities, to make up for the shortage of the minority intangible heritage studies.In the folk paper-cut area of research, in history having the tendency of attaching importance to Central Plains and the Han underestimate the border areas and the minority in china's academic circles, at present, minority traditional paper-cutting study on whether the overall study or case studies theory research or fields are very weak, and this will inevitably affect the people of Chinese Ethnic minority's folk paper-cut understanding of the special artistic value and historical and cultural value. Chinese minority traditional folk paper-cut occupied an important position in ethnic culture of rich intangible cultural heritage, whatever the paper-cuts of Miao as the embroidery patterns representing the memory of ancient peoples, Dai's Paper cuts used for religious purposes are often found in temples, also the Mongols sheared sheep skin and the picture of Li's island life and so on, due to colorful and profound meaning, Paper-cut will present in ethnic folklore life for a long time as deep memory of minority ethnic cultural symbols and symbol of life in China and should be deserved careful academic study.This article will analysis of paper-cut in china's ethnic minorities with multi-disciplinary methods on:application of field research method of Ethnology collect information, utilization of literature and archaeology tell about the past of cultural relics, application of cultural anthropology ceremony of the theory of symbolic theory, interpretation theory, change theory, and participate in the observation and Comparison of classical theory methods in anthropology to undertake in-depth study on the characteristics and the symbolic significance of ethnic minority's folk paper-cutting, analyzing the cultural symbols, symbolism and the original thinking in order to provide a theoretical basis and practical basis for exploring the oral and intangible cultural heritage, cultural heritage of the formation, transmission and protection.This paper is divided into six chapters, which are the historical origins of ethnic minority folk paper-cut, The classification of ethnic minority folk paper-cut, Paper-cuts and the process of interaction of minority nationalities, Ethnic minority folk paper-cut values and functions, Cultural changes in the ethnic minority paper-cut and the inheritance and protection of the ethnic minority paper-cut. As you can see, Although many ethnic minority history of the paper-cuts so long without the Han nationality, but their effects do exist, and the Han nationality inhabited by close neighbor of ethnic minorities, its paper-cut culture reflected in many Han Chinese auspicious culture mark. Meanwhile, the ethnic minority origin of paper-cut is quite obvious that primitive religion is particularly obvious effects. They inherited paper cutting witchcraft traditions of origin, Whether the shaman paper-cut of tne Man, the Oroqen, the Ewenki is an original polytheism, animist beliefs, Zhuang paper-cut in the witch ceremony, The Tujia "Tima" paper-cuttings and the Miao paper-cut for votive offerings, carried on and internalized its original functions. From this point of view can be said that ethnic minorities paper-cutting have a primitive and ancient nature.The functional use of the ethnic minority paper-cuts is not much different from a Han paper-cut with the adjacent area. However, the frequency and proportion in use are different, a large part of ethnic minority paper-cut is not used alone ornamental, Much of them appeared as the form of the embroidery, applique, carving etc. Therefore, material on the broad range of options, often using local resources, in color and hollow technique is also different, multi-shaped according to the principle of trade-offs need to adopt appropriate, which is a large gap between Han Chinese paper-cutting. Changes in culture, minority paper-cuts were a big impact, because ethnic minorities although not as fast as the modernization of the Central Plains area, Changes in culture, minority paper-cuts were a big impact, because ethnic minorities although not as fast as the modernization of the Central Plains area. However, in recent years the great western development projects, pro-poor housing and so on government actions, including the modern media, children out of education, workers etc, production and lifestyle of minorities made dramatic changes, most notably as a national identifier colorful gorgeous costumes have been used rarely in life, the same phase dependence of the pattern with paper-cuts also threatened with extinction. Be applied to other folk life of the paper-cutting is also facing the fate of disappeared, so the work of paper-cutting to save minority imminent, most importantly, should protect the heritage and the transmission of oral tradition who are delegated the art of survival mode and the national cultural environment.