Wang Jiru

01-0068Paper-cuttingTraditional Fine ArtsZhongyang, ShanxiBatch 1 (2007)

Lineage & School of Heritage

Wang Jiru was steeped in the paper-cutting of her family from childhood and learned the craft from her mother; observing the various folk customs of daily life, she carries on the original folk paper-cutting of Zhongyang, and her works deal with local production and daily life, New Year customs, and the festivities of festivals.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Female, of Han ethnicity, born in 1947, a native of Zhongyang, Shanxi. Her paper-cutting bears a marked regional character, being bold and vigorous, plain and elegant, and she has formed a unique artistic style. Her representative works include The Joy of a Bountiful Harvest (Fengshou Le), The Busyness of Spring (Chunmang), and Shanxi Merchants (Jinshang).

Honors & Recognition

A national representative bearer of paper-cutting (Zhongyang paper-cutting), a first-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.

References & Archival Sources

Wang Jiru · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item: Paper-cutting
Item code: Ⅶ-16
Category: Traditional Fine Arts
Region: Zhongyang, Shanxi
Born: 1947.12
Batch: Batch 1 (2007)

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