延川剪纸是农耕社会中产生的以妇女为主要创作者的民间艺术,源起于祈福驱祸的民间风俗。延川剪纸形式多样、题材广泛、造型简练淳朴、粗犷浑厚、热情奔放,具有浓厚的乡土气息和鲜明的地方特色。一般设有方、圆依托的外轮廓。剪纸的线条粗壮,便于运剪,利于粘贴仿剪。构图结构严密,主次分明,韵味丰富。延川剪纸起源早但发掘晚,一直埋没于民间,直到1985年才得以渐次发展兴盛。20世纪90年代迈入成熟期,新世纪达到鼎盛,涌现出剪纸艺术大师高风莲,以及郭如林、高河晓、刘洁琼、刘小娟、袁随花 Yanchuan paper-cut is a folk art with women as its main creators produced in the farming community, originated from the folk customs of praying for good luck. Yanchuan paper-cut in various forms, topics broad, simple and honest modeling, rough vigorous, passionate, with a strong local flavor and distinctive local characteristics. General with square, round based on the outline. Paper-cut lines sturdy, easy to cut and cut, which will help paste imitation cut. Composition of structured, primary and secondary distinct, rich flavor. Yanchuan paper cutting early but later excavations, has been buried in the private sector, until 1985 to gradually develop flourishing. In the 1990s, when it reached its mature stage and reached a peak in the new century, the genre of paper-cut art emerged as Gao Fenglian and Guo Ruolin, Gao Hexiao, Liu Jieqiong, Liu Xiaojuan and Yuan Suihua