Protection of folk paper-cutting ecological culture in Yu County
Cultural ecological environment refers to the living background and living status of a certain culture. Intangible cultural heritage is produced in the traditional social living environment, directly reflects social life patterns in physical form, and meets peoples aesthetic needs. It maintains a relatively close connection with the surrounding cultural and ecological environment. Intangible cultural heritage is closely related to the folk customs of traditional farming society. In a farming society, peoples lives are closely related to traditional solar terms, and entertainment activities are carried out in specific times and spaces, forming a relaxed rhythm of life. Local people in Yu County put up window decorations and watch operas during the New Year, which plays an important role in peoples lives. However, in todays modern society, with the advancement of science and technology, the original cultural ecological environment has been changed, and traditional folk cultural life has gradually been submerged by modern urban life.
As a cultural species in the cultural ecological chain, intangible cultural heritage is an important part of Chinese national culture. The protection of Yuxian paper-cutting should not only focus on the one-sided protection of the specific cultural event itself, but also protect the overall cultural ecological environment that is closely related to it. We should use a holistic and systematic approach to integrate the protection of Yuxian paper-cutting into the entire cultural ecological system. During the inspection, we will return it to its original cultural and ecological environment for development. As a local original art in Yu County, Yu County paper-cutting is embedded in peoples daily life. It is not an isolated cultural representation. It forms an interactive system with all aspects of the cultural ecology such as local economic conditions, social life forms, folk customs, etc. If Yu County paper-cutting is separated from its growing environment and viewed in isolation, it will not be able to adapt to the spirit of protecting intangible culture. The protection of intangible cultural heritage must get rid of the aloof state of personal collection and the state of hunting for market tourist souvenirs, but truly return it to the people, integrate into todays active folk cultural life, and inject traditional connotation and new vitality into folk customs. Form a new ecological operation of folk culture.
The past prosperity of traditional folk customs implies the self-discipline of cultural ecology. Only by deeply understanding the operation of traditional folk customs and injecting new vitality into them according to the needs of the times can we truly promote the resurrection and continuation of these folk customs in modern times. The author is in the fieldDuring the investigation, it was found that the window grilles sold at the window grill stalls in the markets of Wei County and Nuanquan Town on the 23rd day of the lunar calendar are more contemporary and cater to the aesthetic tendencies of modern people compared with the past. Therefore, Yu County’s traditional paper-cutting (window flowers) can try to return to the people in a new way in the continuation of traditional folk customs, thereby gaining a way to continue to exist, and further promote the inheritance and development of folk culture, so that the traditional cultural ecology can be New and growing. In short, the protection of Yuxian paper-cutting must focus on protecting the cultural and ecological environment and the cultural soil on which it depends for survival. Properly restore the traditional annual festivals in Yu County, protect the original folk customs, try to integrate into the current folk life in new ways, return Yu County paper-cutting to these traditional folk customs, take root in peoples lives, and become Only a stable cultural ecology can keep Yu County paper-cutting alive.
