Shaanxi folk paper-cutting and witchcraft belief paper-cutting
In Chinese tradition, there are some folk customs when remembering relatives and commemorating the deceased, such as burning paper money, giving away cold clothes, etc. In the past, there were generally two types of paper money, one was printed with woodblocks, and the other was paper money. Paper strips are yellow, or cut into silver ingot shapes. In practical applications, as long as paper is burned, "money" is burned. Even "lonely souls" cut into human shapes are also called "paper money" when burned.
Entertainment of gods and blessings: For example, offerings are lined with paper-cuts, temples are decorated with paper-cuts, and paper-cut horses, clothes, and utensils are used to pray for the gods to make wishes and return them.
Defensive and protective type: such as lions, tigers, chickens, cows, scratch dolls, gourds, door gods and other paper-cuts to ward off evil spirits to prevent trouble before it happens.
Eliminate the disaster type: such as the "only daughter who makes trouble with the stick" who prays for rain, the "sweeping woman" who prays for sunshine, the paper person who is frightened and mourns when she is sick, and the "falling girl" who is cut because of the babys night cry syndrome. "Hang donkey" and so on, the purpose is to relieve the disaster that has occurred.
Curse substitute type: If you are hurt by something, or you are jealous of someone, you can cut someone as a substitute, and then destroy them in a vengeful way, hoping that the other person will receive retribution. Such paper-cuts are now rare. Paper-cutting, a custom of witchcraft beliefs, is a berm used by human beings during the period of ignorance to resist natural intrusions and create their own ideal world with the power of their own subjective thoughts. It has a mysterious color.
