Shaanxi traditional handicraft

Mashao facial makeup is a characteristic handicraft of Han nationality in Shaanxi, belonging to Baoji Shehuo facial makeup. In Shaanxi folk, there is still the custom of playing social fire during the Spring Festival. Ma Shao facial makeup of Fengxiang folk society fire, referred to as Ma Shao facial makeup, is a new folk handicraft art developed on the basis of inheriting the facial makeup of Xifu folk society fire. It evolved from China folk social fire facial makeup. The local people painted the characters in fairy tales on the horse spoon, hence the name. Ma Shao is made of wood, which is simple to make and necessary for farmers and villagers in past dynasties. Painting is both simple and complicated. People use it to hang a room to ward off evil spirits and express their good wishes for happiness and good luck, so Ma Shao's face has won people's love and admiration. With the inheritance and development of modern folk artists, Ma Shao's facial makeup has become a treasure in Han folk art. ..

Mashao facial makeup is a unique facial makeup of Han nationality in Sanqin County, Shaanxi Province, which evolved from China folk social makeup. Ma Shao was originally the daily necessities of the local Han ancestors. It has been used since the Xia and Shang dynasties, and is made of high-quality paulownia, spring wood and peach wood by hand. She Huo Ma Shao's facial makeup inherits the profound civilization of China for 5,000 years and records the most brilliant folk process of Zhou and Qin culture. In today's society, Huomashao facial makeup comes from poor and experienced folk artists. With deep and solid painters and multi-level patterns, the works highlight the western characteristics of red and green. Steady style and profound artistic conception. Its rough shape, childish patterns, strong colors, strange imagination and alternating lines make loyalty, treachery, good and evil have their own characteristics, which are simple and delicate. The personality is fresh, free, bold, exaggerated and colorful, which fully shows the rich imagination and extraordinary wisdom of the Han working people. The design content of Shehuo Mashao's facial makeup is mostly taken from the magical and just figures in folklore such as "The List of Gods", which means to live in the town, ward off evil spirits, drive away loneliness and loneliness, and express people's good wishes for blessing and happiness. The aesthetic decoration effect is excellent, which can be regarded as an extremely precious collection of handmade art.

Mashao's facial makeup is generally made of high-quality paulownia, willow and peach wood, which are hand-carved by folk craftsmen with special tools. Its spectrum is mostly taken from the list of gods, the romance of the Three Kingdoms, folklore and local operas, with magical and just faces. Based on the appearance and personality characteristics of legendary figures, the loyalty, goodness, evil, beauty and ugliness of the figures are expressed by exaggerated techniques, stereotyped patterns, changing shapes and contrasting colors. It is a high generalization of the morality and personality of all kinds of characters, including praise and criticism, good and evil, temperament and love and hate. Its unique style, rough shape, beautiful lines and strong colors give people a primitive freshness and rich folk flavor. Now it has gradually merged with modern aesthetic thought, and enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad, which can be called "a must in the west".

The products of Ma Shao facial makeup mainly include Ma Shao facial makeup, shuttle facial makeup, shovel facial makeup, bucket facial makeup, pot facial makeup, bucket facial makeup, wooden stick facial makeup, bellows facial makeup, as well as roller, coffin, cart and pavilion facial makeup.

Ma Shao's facial makeup is the blueprint of ancient large-scale social fire tour. The origin of social fire can be traced back to ancient sacrificial activities. Today, Baoji has a traditional habit of "socializing with fire". The facial makeup of Baoji Shehuo boldly uses exaggerated colors, black is right, red is loyal, white is treacherous, yellow is violent, blue is willful, and green is righteous. Characters who express their personalities, especially those who express the history and legends of Zhou and Qin Dynasties, depict social fire faces on clay sculptures, paper sculptures, wooden spoons, shuttles and wooden shovels, which are fluent, even but not stiff, rough and bold, and bright in color.

The social fire mask originated in the Western Zhou Dynasty and has been preserved to this day. Surviving Han folk mascots. Northwest Han people often hang in the hall to make money; Xiang Ying; Accept the meaning of happiness. Hundreds of faces with different characters are lifelike; Exaggeration; Rich in imagination. It is an extremely rare handmade treasure.

Social fire facial makeup is a composition of social fire facial makeup with a horse spoon as the painting "paper" and social fire facial makeup as the content. Sketch and color, and pay attention to the decoration of eyebrows, eyes and mouth. Based on the character and appearance characteristics of the characters, the parts and skin colors of the five senses are exaggerated, and then the inner essence of all kinds of characters is highlighted. Eyebrows of social fire masks can be divided into the following categories: eyebrows: pimple eyebrows, comb eyebrows, silk eyebrows, Taishan eyebrows: flat eyes, loyal eyes, residual eyes and animal eyes. It emphasizes color contrast, feels bold and unrestrained, and has strong symbolic significance, such as: red is brave, white is a traitor, black is steel, straight gray is brave, yellow is fierce and rough blue, and so on. Shaanxi Shehuo Mashao facial makeup, with its gorgeous colors, simple and honest style, simple and unique artistic modeling, shows the profoundness of traditional opera. Mashao facial makeup, with its long history and mysterious and profound cultural connotation, is deeply loved by people at home and abroad. Its ornamentation proves that the original symbols on painted pottery five or six thousand years ago were completely inherited on Facebook. According to the appearance and personality characteristics of the characters, the social fire mask uses different combinations of decorative patterns such as sun and moon patterns, fire patterns, vortex patterns and frog patterns to express the characters' personality. Distinguish the characters' loyalty, treachery, goodness and evil by color. Red is loyalty, white is treachery, black is righteousness, yellow is brutality, blue is barbarism, green is chivalry and evil, and gold and silver are gods and demons. Wooden spoon facial makeup is deeply loved by people at home and abroad, with a history of 1500 years. In the Guanzhong area of western Shaanxi Province and southern Shaanxi Province, it was once popular in history to use wooden spoons with colorful and good graphics to ward off evil spirits. Whenever something happens at home, such as a small population and unexpected disasters, please ask the social fire painter to draw a beautiful figure on the spoon of the water-scooping wooden horse on weekdays and hang it on the door frame or under the porch. It is said that it can ward off evil spirits in the town house.