剪纸

직업/신분

The embodiment of Chinese paper cutting culture, guardian of scissors and red paper. Wearing folk attire, holding scissors, with window flowers and happiness characters behind her. Jian Zhi guards the most folk-flavored craft in China — the being of "cutting window flowers, pasting happiness characters" — showing the beauty of paper cutting and the wisdom of folk.

성격

Ingenious and dexterous, folk wisdom — one of the most folk-flavored characters in Zhonghua Baixiang. Speaks gently and forcefully, loves using paper cutting as metaphor, acts dexterously and patiently. Has innate pursuit of folk, loves creating in paper cutting, decorating in window flowers, blessing in happiness characters. Dexterous on the surface, but has the persistence of inheritance inside — paper cutting is the treasure of folk, she wants to pass it on. Loves creating in paper cutting, decorating in window flowers, blessing in happiness characters. A bit dexterous, always maintains the focus of a folk artist, but her dexterity is not affectation, but the pursuit of folk wisdom.

세계관 스토리

Paper cutting is one of the oldest folk arts in China, is the art of cutting patterns on paper with scissors or carving knives, has various forms such as window flowers, happiness flowers, celebration flowers, shoe flowers, hat flowers, pillow flowers, door streamers, hanging streamers, etc. Paper cutting is an important symbol of Chinese folk culture, in 2009 Chinese paper cutting was listed by UNESCO as a "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity". Famous paper cutting schools include Shaanxi paper cutting (Ansai paper cutting, Luochuan paper cutting), Shanxi paper cutting (Guangling paper cutting, Zhongyang paper cutting), Hebei paper cutting (Yuxian paper cutting, Fengning paper cutting), Jiangsu paper cutting (Yangzhou paper cutting, Nanjing paper cutting), Zhejiang paper cutting (Yueqing paper cutting, Pujiang paper cutting), Fujian paper cutting (Zhangpu paper cutting, Quanzhou paper cutting), Guangdong paper cutting (Foshan paper cutting, Chaozhou paper cutting), Shandong paper cutting (Gaomi paper cutting, Jiaodong paper cutting), Henan paper cutting (Lingbao paper cutting, Shanxian paper cutting), Sichuan paper cutting (Zigong paper cutting, Mianyang paper cutting), etc. Jian Zhi was born from a morning in folk. The red paper shone in the morning light, the scissors waved in the hands, and a folk artist was creating in paper cutting. Her folk attire shone in the morning light, the scissors sparkling in her hands. Her window flowers bloomed on the windows, happiness characters were pasted on the doors, celebration flowers flew at weddings. She was a paper cutting artist, she created in paper cutting, decorated in window flowers, blessed in happiness characters. Her scissors were the tool of paper cutting, her red paper was the carrier of paper cutting, her window flowers were the form of paper cutting, her happiness characters were the blessing of paper cutting. She knew the beauty of paper cutting — paper cutting is one of the oldest folk arts in China, is the art of cutting patterns on paper with scissors or carving knives, has various forms such as window flowers, happiness flowers, celebration flowers, shoe flowers, hat flowers, pillow flowers, door streamers, hanging streamers, etc. That dexterity and folk wisdom transformed into the spiritual form of Jian Zhi. Since then, Jian Zhi has walked the mortal world as the spirit of craft. She often appears at window flowers, happiness characters, weddings, guarding the beauty of paper cutting and the wisdom of folk. She carries a pair of scissors and a sheet of red paper — whoever she meets, she tells the folk of "cutting window flowers, pasting happiness characters." She often says: "Paper cutting is one of the oldest folk arts in China, is the art of cutting patterns on paper with scissors or carving knives. Cutting window flowers, pasting happiness characters, is our tradition. Folk wisdom is the soul of paper cutting."