The symbolic taste reflected in Chinese folk paper-cutting
The word "qingqu" first appeared in Volume 57 of "Book of the Later Han" written by Fan Ye in the Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty: "Tao is a simple man who lives in simplicity and does not pay attention to small details. All the friends he makes must be comrades. He is fond of being noble or special. , Wealth and honor do not seek harmony; tastes are consistent, poverty and lowliness are not easy to agree with." "Qingqu" here means temperament and interest, and is a term used to express daily personality. Taste is not a simple combination of "emotion" and "interest". It includes both "emotion" and "interest" and also the penetration and integration of "emotion" and "interest". Folk interest refers to the penetration and integration of the feelings and interests of the folk people. For paper-cutting artists, paper-cutting is an expression of interest, and the root of interest lies in the feelings of life, or in other words, the thorough understanding and nostalgia for life. Folk paper-cutting connects interest and life, thus giving "interest" a deep meaning and wide application, and the expression and symbol of this deep connotation also have deep origins.
The interpenetration of subjective mood and folklore objects
Paper-cutting is the materialized expression of the artists thoughts and interests. When folk paper-cutting artists choose objects to enter paper-cut creations, they often position themselves between thoughts and interests. For example, for a paper-cut with a rooster as the object, the first thing artists consider is the meaning it represents. Chickens are common poultry raised by the public and do not have a deep meaning. However, when paper-cut artists express the image of a chicken, "Chicken" and "吉" in Chinese are homophonic, so when creating this paper-cut, the image of the chicken is first, followed by its meaning. Sometimes in order to fully express an idea, folk artists may also add additional characters to the chicken. Many other images, such as a chickens tail transformed into a fish, represent "abundant auspiciousness". Therefore, when folk paper-cutting artists choose animal images and arrange the pictures, they do not seek similarity in appearance, but a kind of essence.The result of God’s symbol. Folk paper-cutting is very good at capturing the characteristics of animals and exaggerating them in animal shapes, especially the animals that are common in folk daily life, such as domestic animals, poultry, rabbits, monkeys, etc. among wild animals, which are so lifelike that people can't put them down. Any art category expresses ones own thoughts, aesthetic feelings and self-satisfaction. From this point of view, paper-cutting artists express common things in their daily life and give such things a certain meaning. Aesthetic feeling, that is, aesthetic taste, on the basis of aesthetic taste, gives such things a certain symbolic meaning, then this type of paper-cutting has a perfect expression. Therefore, although not all paper-cuts have symbolic meanings, most paper-cut works have symbolic connotations. Otherwise, this work will not be widely circulated among the people.
In line with the folk auspicious concept
Paper-cutting pays attention to "the export must be auspicious, so that it can be popular with people; the character must be handsome, so that people can be happy" (folk proverb). Geely has an important relationship with peoples practice, which is permeated with peoples best wishes and has been affirmed by the group, with a certain collective consciousness. Those who break away from or rebel against this collective consciousness will be unpopular or rejected by the people. This collective will is transformed into an aesthetic ideal and aesthetic standard here. Only by following this standard can the aesthetic taste of paper-cut art be in line with the publics aesthetic concepts. Therefore, active and proactive actions must be made in paper-cut modeling. choose. Even the factors of formal beauty, such as the appearance of characters, must be handsome in order to win everyones joy, which is also in line with the peoples aesthetic taste. In other words, although peoples cognition is relatively subjective, their choices are dynamic and positive. However, only purposeful creations are the objects of peoples creation and expression. Peoples understanding and expression are not subjective, blind and purposeless. In a sense, the plastic concept of paper-cut art has a certain utilitarian purpose.
