On The Gua Qian Of Lanxi County In Heilongjiang Province From The Perspective Of Artistic Anthropology

As a form of creation of folk art, Chinese folk fine art reflects a deeper cultural connotation behind its representation by some material carriers. Whereas, the masses are the creators of Chinese folk fine art as well as its users and inheritors. The paper-cutting art of Gua Qian in Lanxi County is such a kind of C hinese folk fine art that is rooted in folk and inherited from folk. It is the folk culture with long history that embodies the most natural behavior and most authentic meaning. In 2007, Gua Q ian in Lanxi County was listed in the catalog of the first batch of intangible C ultural Heritage Catalog in Heilongjiang province. Now, it has being diligently applied for the state- level intangible cultural heritage.The art form of Gua Q ian in Lanxi County is rooted in traditional C hinese folk fine art. Gua Q ian in Lanxi County has its unique features and contains the comprehensive art of profound folk culture, whose contour is like a streamer and the middle is composed of different hollowed-out forms with dermatoglyphic patterns. The subject and content of Gua Qian in Lanxi County are with wide range; and the decoration and dermatoglyphic pattern are with variable change too. Generally speaking, Gua Q ian in Lanxi County is divided into two kinds of patterns: one is realistic dermatoglyphic pattern; the other is freehand dermatoglyphic pattern.Since it has been formed in Ming and Q ing Dynasties, Gua Q ian in Lanxi County has inherited, lasted, and developed from then on. With the rich artistic language, unique artistic modeling, and distinctive aesthetic characteristics, Gua Q ian in Lanxi County values the line most, and could show visual effect of three dimensions graphics on two dimensions graphics by uniting realistic pattern and freehand pattern perfectly. What’s more, the Gua Q ian in Lanxi County embodies the continuity of development of history, and has et hnic and regional features in aspect of humanistic environment. It is the integration of the sacrificial culture, the Spring Festival culture and the Cold Region and Black Glebe culture.In term of the protection of intangible C ultural Heritage, only government’s efforts are far from enough. It needs the support from all circles of society, enterprises and citizens to activate its endogenous value by implementing productive countermeasures. Fortunately, the integrating point is existed between the ceaseless rise of tourism industry and the fundamental nature of productive protection. That is, both of them meet the comprehensive demand of culture, economy and society. Therefore, by putting the Gua Q ian in Lanxi County into tourism industry and exploiting tourist activities like static and dynamic model according to market demands, it will be helpful for the all-round development mechanism of C hinese culture industry.