Zhongyang Luliang folk paper-cutting used in daily life
As a folk paper-cut with dual functions of practicality and aesthetics, it is the cheapest decoration in peoples lives and the spiritual product that best reflects the owners wishes. In Zhongyang, as long as you open the door of any house, you can see the shadow of paper-cutting. These paper-cuttings play an important role in the daily life of the common people. The following author will briefly introduce the common ones in the daily life of the local people. Types of paper cutting. Wall flowers, as the name suggests, are flowers stuck on the wall. It is relatively large in length and contains rich storylines, such as "The Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea", "The Mouse Gets Married", "The Master Sends His Nephew Away", "The Mouse Marries His Girl", etc.
This type of large-scale paper-cutting is the most common in Zhongyang’s villa shops. The early wall flowers were probably used as New Year pictures to beautify the room and embellish the environment. Although colorful offset-printed New Year pictures are both economical and beautiful now, the custom of wall hangings formed in mountain villages still exists over the years. The fact that Wall Flowers can continue to this day cannot exclude traditional living customs, nor can we ignore the human factor of the authors of Wall Flowers - the vast number of working women in rural areas. They are both creators and performers of the beauty of life. They understand the wishes and aesthetic habits of ordinary people best. Their smart understanding and sincere love for life are integrated. They go to the world with deep feelings and rich imagination. Express yourself or the people and things around you. For this reason, wall flowers can be said to be irreplaceable by any printed matter. In rural areas, every household has granaries, water tanks and other containers for holding food. This is also a "world" that rural women focus on beautifying. They generally like to stick "fish" (fish means "yu"). Fish on the granary symbolizes the familys surplus food; fish on the water tank symbolizes a fish in water. Where there are fish, there must be water, which means an endless supply. In addition to drawings, most of the early embroidery patterns were made of thin and tough paper to cut out the patterns to be embroidered, and then attached to the base satin and then embroidered.
The method of pattern cutting is very simple and economical. It is both productive and fast. You only need to find a thin piece of paper, draw it, and then you can cut out many pieces according to the pattern without losing shape. It is simpler and more practical than hand-painting, and has a very wide spread. Therefore, there are a considerable number of embroidery samples scattered among the people. Embroidery patterns adopt the latestMost of them are animals, plants and geometric figures. These paper-cuts are simple, general and full of abstract interest. Common accessories include "pillow top", "vamp", "collar", "sleeve edge", etc. The content to be cut depends on the purpose of the embroidery, such as "pillow top" and "shoe top" for weddings. Most of them are "dragon and phoenix presenting auspiciousness", "phoenix playing with peonies", "dragon playing with pearls", "unicorn delivering children". "," "Fish plays with lotus", "Ruyi pomegranate" and other auspicious words convey the meaning of joy and blessing. The patterns used on childrens bellybands, bibs, shoes, hats, etc. are mostly tiger-, lion-, and fish-shaped, all of which symbolize liveliness and cuteness, and the meaning of tigers and tigers. If the costume is worn by the longevity lord and the longevity aunt, the characters "tuanshou" and "longevity" will be cut out, or patterns such as "five bats holding longevity", "luck and longevity", "qi chrysanthemum to prolong life", "songs and cranes to grow spring" etc. These clothing decorative patterns or utensil decorative patterns carefully cut out by women express their true feelings and are full of their vivid spirituality. This is the fundamental reason why paper-cutting art can take root among the people. Because these folk authors are familiar with the plants, trees, mountains and rivers around them, as well as the peoples customs and customs. In addition, they have practiced cutting with bare hands and cutting at will for many years. The skills of farming, harvesting, rice grinding and milling are produced under their scissors. The patterns of making noodles, driving horses, carrying water and firewood, raising chickens and feeding pigs, spinning and weaving, sewing and cooking are all imprinted with their love and familiarity with life. These paper-cuts not only reflect the colorful life in the countryside, but also reflect the simple, honest, kind-hearted folk customs. The paper-cut works of these rural women are deeply affectionate and are not only a hymn to life, but also a record of life.
In addition, Shanxi opera has a long history. In Zhongyang, one of the most popular entertainment activities for the people is watching theater. Of course, it also provides these folk paper-cutting artists with reference materials for re-creation in terms of themes, character dynamics, and storylines. During the investigation, the author found that those ingenious rural women were not idle even when watching a play. In addition to paying attention to the content of the play, they also used their own eyes to observe the expressions, costumes, etc. of the performers on the stage and understand them carefully. The entire storyline of the opera, and finally these materials are used in my own paper-cutting. The opera paper-cuts circulated in Zhongyang County mainly focus on opera characters, including the humorous waiter, the powerful Jiao Zan, Qin Ying, the resourceful Zhuge Liang, Wang Chun'e who raised his son, the heroic Mu Guiying, Iron Mask nonePrivate Bao Gong, etc., these paper-cut images are all vivid and ready to be seen.
Of course, since paper-cutting is performed on a piece of thin paper, it is difficult to cover the entire content of the drama. When creating, the women mainly captured the most typical and representative plots, scenes, and characters. Styling dynamics are shaped. Therefore, the cut-out characters are characterized by generalization and exaggeration, and the images are expressive and affectionate. The paper-cut "Lü Bu Plays with Diao Chan" created by paper-cut artist Gao Baoxiang relies on the authors skillful and profound artistic skills to make a "lure" and a "drama" lifelike through the characters' eyes and movements.
