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What is the origin of Fengxiang face painting?

From the summer and the Shang Dynasty to the present day, the selection of high-quality tung wood, spring wood, mahogany, etc. as raw materials, through the hand one knife and knife carved from. The social fire horse spoon face inherited the Chinese up and down five thousand years of far-reaching civilization, recorded the most brilliant folk process of the Zhou Qin culture.

Horse spoon face is a traditional handicraft in Shaanxi, belonging to a kind of Baoji social fire face, in Shaanxi folk, the Spring Festival still have the custom of playing social fire. Fengxiang folk social fire horse spoon face painting is referred to as horse spoon face painting, is in the inheritance of the Xifu folk social fire face painting on the basis of the development of a new folk handicrafts. It evolved from the Chinese Folk Show Face Painting. The local people painted the images of the characters in the mythological stories on the horse spoon and thus got the name. Horse spoons are made of tree materials, easy to produce, and have been necessary for farmers and villagers for generations. Painting simple and complex are suitable, people will hang it in the hall room used to support the right to get rid of evil spirits, suppressing demons and monsters, to express prayers for good luck, good luck, fortune and prosperity of the good wishes, and therefore the horse spoon face is y loved and revered. Inherited and developed by modern folk art workers, horse spoon face painting is a treasure of traditional folk art.