The past and present of folk paper-cutting in Zhongyang, Luliang
Folk culture is the means of adaptation and existence of its common people under the long-term natural conditions, ecological environment and humanistic background. It has strong national and regional characteristics and contains the essence of group culture. The inheritance of excellent folk culture is essentially the continuation of national culture. Zhongyang folk paper-cut drums are the crystallization of cultural factors in the Luliang area and are also a carrier and tool for traditional cultural demonstrations. The study of Zhongyang folk paper-cutting is of great significance to the protection of intangible cultural heritage and the development of Chinese folk culture. In recent years, paper-cutting has been attracting peoples attention. In June 2006, Zhongyang folk paper-cutting became one of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage protection projects. More and more people are participating in this folklore activity. After years of development, Zhongyang folk paper-cutting has also produced many innovations in terms of types, techniques, and inheritance. Based on the research, the author came to the following thoughts:
1. The inheritance of folk customs is specifically related to the lives of the people of a place and is undergoing a process of constant adjustment. It may take on different appearances according to changes in current events and the natural environment. At the same time, folk custom has the ability to self-metabolize. No matter the level of its metabolism, it will try its best to make partial adjustments or even changes within itself according to different eras and geographical backgrounds, thereby improving the form of folk custom activities and strengthening its inheritance conditions. . Therefore, the variation of Zhongyang folk paper-cutting in the inheritance process is determined by its own development. Folk custom is a kind of cultural information passed down from generation to generation. The process of inheritance is the process of re-understanding and re-creation. The reason why human civilization can progress and develop is because it can continuously adjust and improve according to the new conditions of the external environment, thus Achieve new adaptations, or make new transformations to real life and derive new functions.
2. At present, in response to some folklore activities, the government has gradually adopted an attitude of adding fuel to the flames. The purpose is to use folklore activities to build a platform for "cultural setting and economic opera" in order to improve the investment environment and enable the development of the region. There is no doubt that folk activities with strong local characteristics are indeed a focus that attracts the attention of the outside world and are very likely to become a "growth point" for the economic development of the region. Therefore, we explore the folk customs of this regionMovement and even building momentum for it seem to have become a necessary choice for the development of a region. Folklore activities are increasingly being interpreted as a top-down economic movement of unprecedented scale. When this concept of regional "development" conforms to the ideology of national goals, some traditional things in folk activities are being ignored and obscured intentionally or unintentionally. For example, Zhongyang folk paper-cutting has been destroyed due to the blind protection of the government, and some folk customs with research value have lost their original characteristics.
Folklore is the deep emotional and behavioral memory hidden among the grassroots people. Once environmental conditions permit, this "collective unconscious" behavior accumulated in the hearts of the people will be activated and has strong vitality and vitality. The existence of Zhongyang folk paper-cutting is by no means just the reluctance of old things to withdraw from the stage of history, or a simple reproduction of past events. It has its profound social reasons and functional background. In the period of social change, various existing social forces are unprecedentedly active and express their thoughts and emotions through various activities. Therefore, folklore uses various specific activities to demonstrate the powerful social energy it contains. Whether the official attitude towards this energy is appropriate will directly affect the sustainable development of the region. Any folklore matter can be expressed and sketched from two levels: first, the surface behavior and life style; second, the deep ideology and inner beliefs. Both of these aspects are rooted in the history and culture inherited by specific folk groups in certain living areas. Folklore is the foundation of culture. Whether a folklore item can continue to survive in the ever-changing reality of life depends on whether it can faithfully and profoundly express a nations lifestyle and thinking mode, history and contemporary times, glory and dreams, and even Of suffering and sorrow. In other words, the material life and spiritual life of common people are closely related to each other. On the surface, Zhongyang folk paper-cutting is just an ordinary folk art, but the emergence of this art form that has been passed down for hundreds of years must have deep connotations of faith and spirituality. Therefore, when we study this folk custom, we must not ignore its integrity.
3. The folk custom of Zhongyang paper-cutting is different from other endangered intangible cultural heritage and is not in danger of disappearing. It has been widely passed down in the Luliang area for many years, but there is a problem of how to protect it. From the perspective of government support, Zhongyang folk paper-cut window grilles have indeed been encouraged and promoted, and have been inherited and developed; but from the perspective of folklore protection, due to the overemphasis on innovation and performance, Zhongyang folk paper-cutting has been more or less destroyed. The traditional component of paper cutting. Nowadays, in Zhongyang County, only villages with less government intervention have traditional paper-cutting skills, and the people lack the correct understanding of how to protect paper-cutting. Therefore, it is urgent for government departments and the public to have a correct awareness of folklore protection. It’s not that we don’t advocate innovation, but excessive pursuit of innovation that goes against the laws of folklore development will backfire. As folklore workers, we still have a heavy burden on our shoulders.
4． At present, in our country, we are talking about the protection of intangible cultural heritage from top to bottom. As far as the protection of Zhongyang folk paper-cutting is concerned, the first thing to protect is of course Zhongyang folk paper-cutting skills. If the skills are not passed down well, even to future generations. I want to protect, but I don’t know how to protect. Of course, in order for Zhongyang folk paper-cutting skills to be well preserved, people need to play an important role in it. These "people" are mainly the paper-cutting artists who are still alive. Only through their teaching can we learn from them. The paper-cutting skills are passed on to the newcomers. At the same time, it also requires the people of the county to pay attention to and love the culture around them, and to be willing to learn and inherit the excellent culture of their own nation. Only when these aspects of work are done well and done well, China Only when the folk paper-cutting skills of Zhongyang are well protected can Zhongyang folk paper-cutting develop rapidly and be recognized by the world. Today, with the rapid economic development, people are single
