Some thoughts on teaching paper-cutting on hanging paper
It is a Chinese custom to put double "happiness" window grilles on the front door of the wedding door. Every family does this, and even some ethnic minorities follow this custom. Many people also dress up the double "xi" characters in extra elaborate ways, some with gold characters on a red background, and some with patterns such as mandarin ducks playing in the water next to the double "xi" characters, making them beaming with joy. However, it is not found in the official calligraphy plate, and even after searching "Ci Hai", there is no trace of it.
In the folk, it is said that in the Song Dynasty, when Wang Anshi went to Beijing to take the exam, there was a notice posted on a gatehouse: "The revolving lantern, the lantern, the horse, and the lantern, the horse stops." It turned out that a foreigner was looking for a son-in-law for his only daughter. Whoever comes out with the second couplet will betroth his daughter to him. Many people gathered around, but no one could respond.
Wang Anshi stepped forward to take a look and said to himself: "Thats right, thats right." After hearing this, the servant immediately said, "Please wait a moment while I go check on my family members." Wang Anshi was eager to go and left without waiting for the servant to come back.
The next day, Wang Anshi entered the examination room. The examiner pointed to the flag on the flagpole outside the hall and said: "Flying tiger flag, flying tiger flag, tiger hiding in flag roll." He was ordered to respond. Wang Anshis heart suddenly brightened, and he replied smoothly: "The revolving lantern, the lantern, the horse, the lantern, the horse stops." The examiner was very happy.
When I went back, I passed the gatehouse again and saw many people still surrounding it. When the servant saw him coming, he pulled him away. The official asked his family to take out a pen and inkstone and asked him to write it out. Wang Anshi waved it: Flying tiger flag, flying tiger flag, tiger hiding in the flag roll. The staff was pleasantly surprised.
On the wedding day, after bowing to heaven and earth and entering the bridal chamber, the bride said: "The prince is talented and knowledgeable. He will definitely win the exam. That is a big success. Now that they have made a couplet and are married, it is a small success." At this time, someone outside the door suddenly reported: Mr. Wang Daguan has won the gold medal, and he is invited to attend the imperial banquet in Qionglin tomorrow! The old man was overjoyed and ordered his family to hold a banquet to celebrate. Wang Anshi was happy, took out the red paper, and wroteI wrote two words of happiness, put them together and posted them on the door, and wrote a poem: "The clever couplets form a double happy song, the lantern flies, the tiger knots the rose, the wedding room is decorated with flowers and candles, and the golden list is inscribed, and the small one meets the big one."
< br />In the teaching of Xihua paper-cutting, we mainly start from the following aspects. First of all, because the previous materials have not been strictly classified, this does not have a great impact on the straggler-style personal design. However, in the field of paper-cutting teaching, the problem becomes very serious, because the ideas are not clear and it is impossible to carry out normal work. Teaching. After repeated comparisons and studies, we classified the flower paper-cuts into the following categories.
The first category is the ordinary happy character design. Among this type of happy characters, we divide them into two types: one is the standard happy character design, and the other is the deformed happy character design.
The second category is the pattern with the word "happy", which is the design of "happy flowers". In this type of happy flower paper-cutting, we divide it into two types: one is the window flower style happy flower design, which is divided into circular pattern design and square pattern design; the other is the wall flower style happy flower design, It is divided into internal wall flower and flower design and extended wall flower and flower design.
After such classification, the teaching steps will be clear during teaching, laying the foundation for our future research and design of specific teaching content.
Secondly, after the classification of happy flower paper-cuts is clear, the specific design of each type of happy flower paper-cuts should be programmed. This can firstly make the teaching systematic. Second, it can standardize teaching content. The specific content is to select the most representative form of each small category of paper-cut flowers as the specific design content, design it step by step, and explain it in detail, and then use this as an example to introduce other forms of similar flowers. to students.
Menjie is an art category in my country’s traditional paper-cut series. The door note is also called hanging money, hanging money, passing door note, fasting plate, etc. In ancient times, it was a thing to welcome the spring. It meant to encourage people to work hard to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, to show peoples hard work and early spring. It floats on the land of China year after year, bringing endless joy to thousands of households. What about "Looking up to see happiness", "Inviting wealth and treasures", "Sustainable years in a row", "Peace in the four seasons"... the scene is very spectacular, better than the red plum blossoms in February, which aroused the poets deep emotion. Yang Miren, a poet of the Qing Dynasty, praised: "Hang paper on the door to cheer the spring breeze, the door god with the word "Fu" is the same everywhere, the fragrant ink spring couplets are written on behalf of others, and the apricot blossoms are still red." It is an ancient folk custom of the Chinese nation.
The style of the door note is very beautiful. It has a slender body, a combination of calligraphy and painting, and rich pictures and texts. All auspicious words and images are displayed in an exquisite and clear form. The upper, left and right borders are relatively wide and have drooping tassels. It is both strong and practical, yet black and white, with strong contrast between reality and reality, beautiful and elegant.
The door letter was developed from the banner and the flag foot, but the colors used varied from place to place. Tianjin advocates red, Heilongjiang Province red, green, purple and other colors, Shandong Cangshan, LinYiyou dug up five-color hanging notes: "The first is red, the second is green, the second is purple, the last is clear, and the middle is yellow."
In the research on hanging paper-cutting, we mainly start from the following aspects. First, classify the hanging paper-cuts: the first category is single-frame hanging paper, which is further divided into two types: those with a waistline and those without a waistline. These two forms can be divided into three types according to the design content: text type, zodiac type, and auspicious phraseology type.
The second category is joint banner hanging paper, which can also be divided into two types: with waistline and without waistline. In these two forms, they can also be divided into text type, zodiac type, and zodiac type according to the design content. There are three types of auspicious expressions.
After being classified in this way, not only are all forms of paper-cutting included and no one is missed, but also the teaching process can be carried out step by step and in an orderly manner.
Secondly, after the classification ideas of hanging paper-cuts are clear, the design steps of hanging paper-cuts will be further sorted out and standardized. In terms of specific design steps, the most representative ones of each type of hanging paper-cuts will be sorted out. That form is used as the specific design content to design step by step, focusing on the issues that should be paid attention to in each step, and then introducing other types of paper-cut paper to students, giving students a space to design by themselves.
