Female Behavior and Environmental Perception  in Paper- Cuttings in Northern Shaanxi

Zhangtianhao Wang; Mumtaz Mokhtar; Kan Zhou

doi:10.21834/e-bpj.v10i33.7287

Authors

Zhangtianhao Wang Faculty of Art and Design, UiTM, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mumtaz Mokhtar Faculty of Art and Design, UiTM, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kan Zhou Faculty of Meteorology, Jiangxi Vocational &Technical College of Information Application, Nan Chang, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v10i33.7287

Keywords:

Paper-cutting, Gender, Environment

Abstract

This study examines Northern Shaanxi paper-cutting from a female environmental perception. Through field investigation and interviews with female paper-cutting craftsmen, an environmental embodiment chain was revealed. Environment: female craftsmen shift among fields to houses, mixed plants, and geometric minimalist motifs to meet family or client expectations. Social: courtyard audiences slow the rhythm, cooperative venues steady it, private rooms speed it up. Sensory: louder drums or brighter light cues faster cutting, embedding new meaning. Thus, perception links bodily action to identity roles, from virtuous wife to community leader. Findings inform rural cultural-space design and female empowerment.

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