Straw painting

Straw painting called straw painting, one of the unique features crafts Han, a Chinese folk clipart, although straw painting from the private sector, but it is very rare, but also because as a royal tribute. Straw painting began in the Sui and Tang Dynasties palace crafts. It and paper cutting, cloth paste as a Clip Art. Straw to go through: "smoked, steamed, bleaching, scratching, pushing, burning, and cutting, carving, knitting, painting" and other procedures, in accordance with its own shiny straw, grain color and texture, are generally not colored, if necessary It was cut and pasted together. Straw painting a shiny bright, good effect with plutonium, art infection and strong advantages, to create characters, flowers, birds, animals, lifelike, vivid, gives a simple and natural, elegant beauty.

Straw painting (also known as straw painting) originated in folk. While wheat has always been regarded as sacred objects, both ancient worship heaven and earth, or the National Emblem selected, they are given to a high position in wheat, which symbolizes good harvest and wealth. According to legend, the Eastern Han Dynasty's Han Guangwu Wang Mang was hunted down, desperation, hiding in among the straw, wheat straw into the woods immediately protected Xiu. From the hands of farmers in Henan Runan Straw painting is evolved in the county Wang Qiaonong Minhwa basis. The original name is Luo Dian Wang Qiaogong society now, "China's rural folk art", where a long history of peasant paintings, Ming and Qing Dynasties, painting, calligraphy, paper cutting, clay sculpture and other folk art is very popular. 70s of last century, Wang Qiaogong agency established the first province farmer Painting - Painting Wang Qiaonong people, there have been more than 1,200 people to participate in learning and training peasant paintings, emerged more than 400 peasant painter. After the reforms, their desire to rich and thought the text is more intense. 1993, Yuan Baohua, represented by a group of farmers use straw painter developed a folk art treasures - Straw painting, become an extension and development of farmer painting, with Bian embroidery, embroidery rival, known as "a Chinese folk art absolutely. "