The relationship between Chinese folk paper-cut art and symbolism
Paper-cutting art originated from the folk, exuding a fragrant earthy atmosphere, and is closest to the real life of the folk. It is taken from the life themes that the common people like to see, expresses the peoples optimistic life feelings, and shows its simplicity. Aesthetic taste. In addition to the direct visual impact that the paper-cutting art conveys with its gorgeous, simple and strong modeling features, the symbolic symbols and rich connotations implicit in its traditional shapes are even more logically connected and include the Chinese people. The ideological content at all levels of life reality and living conditions condenses the essence of the artistic thinking and aesthetics of Chinese ancestors.
Why is the art of paper-cutting closely related to symbolism? I think the most direct point is: in the process of fighting nature and in life, the people living at the bottom of society have no understanding of nature and yearning for a better life. Symbolic expressions can provide them with psychological comfort. and spiritual compensation. Regarding this point, the "Chinese Symbol Dictionary" believes: "The symbols of our countrys language, folk customs, beliefs, folk art, architecture, animals and plants, astronomy, etc. are roughly nothing more than two major systems, namely, the concept of survival of praying for Najib and the descendants. Proliferative reproductive concept system."
In this explanation, we can see that survival and reproduction are two major problems encountered by the people. When paper-cutting art expresses these two major problems, it also uses an ontological image to give them symbolic intentions. Mr. Fuji Hōken once analyzed it from the perspective of "phenological calendar". He believed that many patterns in folk art are based on my countrys "phenological calendar" as peoples "leaven and medium for racial reproduction". Therefore, many animals and plants in folk art The subject matter has a certain symbolic meaning and is expressed. In addition to the factors of "phenology and calendar", the utilitarian relationship between objective reality and people is also regarded as one of the symbolic factors. It can be seen that the expression of the symbolic meaning of objective real things in the paper-cut pattern collection has a certain stake in the early production and life practices of mankind. With such a relationship, the relationship between paper-cut and symbol has become inseparable. It is precisely with the expression of symbolic meaning that paper-cutting comes into being.Only with the foundation of being accepted by the public can we have the motivation to inherit. At the same time, its far-reaching exaggerated deformation and richly colored artistic expression, after more than a thousand years of historical and cultural accumulation, make its increasingly secular appearance shine with an increasingly mysterious symbolic coat.
