ARTS 8

SECOND QUARTER
WEEK 6-8
Cai Lun
Cai Lun was called into the Palace to serve the Emperor at the age of 15.
He was smart and studied hard.
Soon he was promoted to be an attending official in charge of
documentation.
At that time, documents were written either on tablets of bamboo strips or
on silk. Bamboo strips were heavy and silk were expensive.

The Emperor was very unhappy about it. Therefore, Cai Lun was determined
to find another durable material that would be good for writing including a
light-weight quality with a soft writing surface.

Cai Lun began his experiments with all the cheap natural material that he
could find such as dry grass, bark, fishnet and old ropes. With the support
from the Emperor and the help of the imperial craftsmen, Cai Lun
successfully invented "paper" after many attempts. The innovation of paper
made it possible to keep records and also paintings.
 PAPER ARTS OF CHINA
CHINESE PAPER CUTTING
Are usually symmetrical in design when unfolded and adapt the 12 animals
of Chinese zodiac sign as themes.

Jianzhi
is the first type of paper cutting design, since paper was invented by the
PAPER CUT Chinese

They are sometimes referred to as a chuang hua meaning “window

flower.
 CHINESE KNOTS
Zhongguo
Is the Chinese decorative handicraft that began as a form of
Chinese folk art in Tang and Song Dynasty (390-1279 AD) in China

KOREA KNOTS
In Korea, decorative knot work is known as maedeup or called
Dorae or double connection knot, often called Korean knot work
or Korean Knots.

JAPAN KNOTS
In Japan, knot tying is called hanamusubi. It emphasizes on
braids and focuses on individual knots.
 In China, traditional funerals include burning yuanbao
which is a folded paper that looks like gold nuggets or ingots
called sycee.

A sycee is a type of silver or gold ingot currency used in

China until the 20th century.

The name is derived from the Cantonese word meaning

"fine silk.”

PAPER FOLDING
 Paper Kites
The famous 5th
A kite is an assembled or joined aircraft that was century Chinese
traditionally made of silk or paper with bowline and philosopher Mozi
resilient bamboo. and Lu Ban were
said the inventor of
Chinese kites originated in Wei Fang, Sandong kites.
China was the capital city of kites during the Song
Dynasty(960-1279, and by the Ming Dynasty 91368-
16440.Since 1984 the city has been hosting the largest
international kite festival on Earth.

Later , tailless kites

incorporated a
The earliest known stabilizing bowline
Chinese kites were kite were decorated
flat (not bowed) and with mythological
often rectangular motifs and legendary
figures.
 CHINESE ARCHITECTURE
SWEEPING
STRAIGHT Have curves that rises at
INCLINED the corners of roofs.

These are usually

These are more reserved for temples and
economical for Chinese palaces although these
architecture may also be found in the
homes of the wealthy
Chinese

Originally, the ridges of

the roofs are usually
highly decorated with
MULTI-INCLINED ceramic figurines,

Roofs with two or

more sections
inclined. Roof guards

These roofs are used

for residences of
Wealthy Chinese.
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