An overview of the artistic features of Xiaogan carved paper-cutting
Xiaogan carved paper-cutting not only has unique artistic characteristics, but also has profound ideological connotations and rich subject matter. Each paper-cutting work has a very profound meaning. When a work is presented in front of you, it always makes people think I thought about it for a long time, and found out that this is where the charm and appeal of Xiaogan carved paper-cutting lies. The reflected content is closely related to peoples living customs and festivals. It can be seen in Xiaogan wedding decorations, childrens birthdays, and birthday celebrations for the elderly. unique role. When you walk into the room of a newlywed couple, you will see red and auspicious paper-cuts for Double Happiness. These paper-cut works have a long history, have been passed down from generation to generation, and have profound meanings.
Each picture is related to wedding customs, with exquisite content and high artistic quality. On the door, there is a vivid and vivid "Dragon and Phoenix Presenting Auspiciousness"; on the bedside, there is a lively and lovely "Golden Boy and Jade Girl"; on the window, there is a festive and auspicious "Magpie Climbing the Plum Blossom"; on the dressing table , the sweet and happy "Mandarin Ducks Playing with Lotuses" is posted; the bed is filled with red Double Happiness characters, and red Double Happiness characters are posted on every piece of furniture. The whole house is filled with a peaceful and festive atmosphere. For thousands of years, generation after generation, Xiaogan people have used Carved paper-cuts, symbolizing good luck and good luck, decorate the newlyweds' new houses. Here, every paper-cut painting entrusts a beautiful blessing and meaning, wishing the newlyweds a long life together and happiness.
When you walk into a farmhouse where a child has just been born, beautiful and auspicious embroidery supplies are everywhere. You seem to have entered a magical fairy tale world, such as tiger head hats, tiger head shoes, tiger pillows, saliva pockets, and hug skirts. For childrens products, the patterns embroidered on them are all first cut out by paper-cutting experts, spiritual girls, and clever wives, and then pasted on the clothes to be embroidered, and embroidered according to the paper-cutting pattern. The paper-cut pattern is what these embroidery pieces look like; the pattern composition effect is directly related to the quality of the embroidery pieces. Therefore, these patterns often need to make full use of space limitations, cleverly conceive, fill the limited space with ideal patterns, and express popular auspicious themes through a variety of decorative techniques on the premise of practicality. For example, a picture of childrens tiger-head shoes has an upper and a sole, which together form a pair of tiger-shaped soft-soled shoes. The tiger shape is decomposed into two uppers, and one of the "five poisons" is filled in.The "centipede" pattern means fighting poison with poison, curing diseases and keeping fit. The soles of the shoes are filled with the pattern "everything goes well with a pen", which means that the child is vigorous, civilized and military, and the psychological wishes can be expressed vividly and just right. Another example is the tiger-shaped saliva pocket, which also uses scattering. The principle of composition is that the tiger head is made into the front piece, the tiger tail is made into the back piece, and the tiger body is made into the left and right pieces, and is decorated with flowers and fruits of the four seasons, like spring flowers showing spirit. Its basic function is to collect the saliva of children and keep it clean. It is a practical decorative object, and its meaning is to use the power of the tiger to protect children from growing up. The flower decoration also brings out the innocence, liveliness and cuteness of children.
When you walk into a hall where birthday celebrations are being held for an elderly person, you will see at a glance that in the center of the hall is a red paper cut with the word "longevity" hanging in it. This word "longevity" is usually made up of longevity stars, ancient pine trees, cranes, peaches, bats, etc. The auspicious patterns are combined to form a big word "Shou", which symbolizes the health and longevity of the elderly, and both happiness and longevity. Therefore, the art form displayed by Xiaogan carved paper-cutting in the customs of weddings, birthdays, and birthdays in Northeast Hubei is colorful, not only rich in content, but also profound in meaning and of high artistic taste. It has unique local characteristics in terms of artistic expression. Its works are rich in composition, simple and beautiful, deep and free, dense and dense, with round lines, fluent knife skills, precise workmanship, vivid images, and clear themes, giving people a sense of simplicity, innocence, and The feeling of health and liveliness stands out in the world of folk art with a fresh and elegant style. It is rooted in society and drawn from folk materials. It has a wide range of themes and simple content. It not only inherits the traditional themes of longevity, auspiciousness, happiness and joy, but also There are works of different eras that exist in the world. They all use simple artistic techniques such as homophony, allegory, symbolism, and implicitness to express peoples beautiful hearts and express the upbeat and energetic spirit of the times.
Plekhanov once said that art expresses both peoples emotions and peoples thoughts, but not abstractly, but with vivid images. This is the main feature of art. Xiaogan carved paper-cuts infect people with vivid artistic images, fully embodying the unique aesthetic taste and artistic creativity of the working people of Xiaogan. From ancient times to the present, they have endured and become more and more popular among people.
