A brief analysis of folk paper-cut themes in the Yellow River Delta
Folk paper-cutting in the Yellow River Delta has a wide range of themes and profound meanings. It is also a dignified gourd cut with different patterns, some of which mean "avoiding evil and five (no) poisons"; some symbolize the reproduction and prosperity of the nation; and some because the gourd can both satisfy hunger and
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Saving people from floods was worshiped as a totem by our ancestors. This concept is also implied in the folk paper-cutting art of the Yellow River Delta. There are also those lifelike chaffinches and deer, which are symbols of the arrival of spring and the germination of all things... Folk paper-cutting in the Yellow River Delta
The themes are very wide, but generally speaking, they mainly include auspicious celebrations, drama stories, real-life flowers, birds, fish and insects related to life, etc.
Zhang Yumei’s paper-cut works
Blessings and good luck are the eternal themes of folk paper-cutting in the Yellow River Delta. Auspiciousness is a good omen. "Yi Xici Xia" says: "Auspicious things have auspiciousness." Auspiciousness means good and benefit; auspiciousness is a sign. It can be seen that the original meaning of auspiciousness is a sign. To understand auspicious paper-cutting in this way is to express happy things and signs of joy in the form of paper-cutting to express peoples concepts of praying for good luck, receiving blessings, driving away evil, and warding off evil spirits. By decorating the environment with blessings and auspicious themes, paper-cutting expresses Peoples psychological requirements for a better life make people psychologically satisfied.
