The harmonious beauty of image combinations in folk paper-cutting
Before people understand everything in the world, they have already integrated with everything in the world and have been immersed in it. among all things in the world in which he moves. Therefore, living in the world, living in the world, and busy in the world - this kind of integration relationship is the special structure or essential characteristic of human beings.
Wang Yangming of the Ming Dynasty in my country said, "The heaven, earth, all things and human beings are originally one body, and the most exquisite thing about them is People’s hearts are a little brighter.” Man is a focal point with "spirituality" that resides in and is integrated into all things in the world. The world becomes a meaningful world because of mans "spirituality". In ancient Chinese philosophical language, this is called "the unity of man and the universe" or "the unity of nature and man". In fact, these philosophical arguments are a bit profound for ordinary people, but what is surprising is that we have found ideas similar to this contained in the traditional folk paper-cut patterns that have been handed down to this day. The harmonious relationship between man and the world. The modeling form of folk paper-cutting is the embodiment of the common peoples way of understanding and thinking. This way of thinking about understanding the world is reflected in the simple, friendly, harmonious and harmonious feeling that is often present in folk paper-cutting works.
In the creative process of the villagers, the external image of objective things is no longer a reference for simulation, but only an inducement of creative imagination. , the relationship between people and animals and plants is not an object relationship, but a relationship of coexistence and interaction. Guided by this way of thinking, the paper-cut works created by folk paper-cut artists permeate the connection between people and the world (people and things) The concept of integration. With their rich imagination, the villagers created artistic means such as establishing personification and symbolic images to integrate all things and people into one.
