The dragon patterns in She nationality paper-cut patterns and their meanings
As a totem image, Panhu is constantly changing in the process of inheritance. The investigation found that She people mostly call it "Qilin" or "Dragon Period (Qi)". In the "Ancestral Song" circulated in Fuhu She Village, it is called "Golden Dragon". His "Ancestral Song" starts from the creation of Pangu, Empress Gaoxin digs up the golden dragon three years after her earache, Jinlong Pingfan marries the three princesses, gives birth to a son and takes the surname and retires to Fenghuang Mountain to fate falls in Fenghuang Mountain, opens branches in Fujian, and leaves Sanluoyuan, there are 65 stories in total. Paragraphs, each paragraph has 4 sentences, each sentence has 7 words, a total of 1820 words. It not only expresses the Fuhu She peoples praise of Panhu, but also expresses the She peoples worship of their ancestors and their pride in being Panhus descendants. The dragon pattern has appeared in She nationality costumes very early. Judging from the dozens of costumes collected by Lei Qisong, the cultural coordinator of Banyueli Village, and the Ningde She Nationality Museum, dragons and phoenixes appear most frequently, and some are even included in an embroidery. Arrays of dragon pattern shapes appear on it. Lei Yinsui of Fuhu Village showed the author the wedding dress he made that year and proudly said: "It has the most dragons on it and it is the most beautiful in Fuhu Village." The dragon pattern in the embroidery patterns of the She people is different from the majestic and unattainable style of the Han people, and it is also not as ever-changing as the Miao people, who are regarded as their own people. The dragons of the Miao people are often added with various heads, including ox body dragon, Silkworm body dragon, snake body dragon, flower body dragon, etc. The dragons of the She ethnic group tend to be free and easy, and are often combined with phoenixes, unicorns, dragon pavilions and dragon beads. They are cut and embroidered into patterns that imply harmony, beauty and auspiciousness, such as dragons and phoenixes, dragons and unicorns offering auspiciousness, turtles and dragons pavilion, and double dragons spitting beads.
Double dragons spitting out pearls are more common on women’s collars. The dragon pearl is in the middle of the collar. The two dragon patterns are spread out symmetrically on the left and right. The dragon has no legs, so it is a suitable pattern. The dragon’s mouth is open with careful eyes and tongue, and the pattern of spitting fire surrounds the dragon pearl shaped like the sun. The scales are clear, and the scales are distinguished by color. Most of the dragon body has two breaks, which are filled with cloud patterns or money patterns, which enhances the feeling of the dragon appearing in the clouds and mist, and also adds auspicious meaning.
