A custom, what is the origin and history of stick grilles?

Origin: "Cutting Tung to Seal Brother" in Historical Records describes that in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, a king claimed the title of king, cut the leaf of a pole into a "reed" and gave it to his younger brother, who was named the Hou of the Tang Dynasty. During the Warring States period, leather carving and silver foil hollowing were exactly the same as paper-cutting, and their appearance laid a certain foundation for the formation of folk paper-cutting.

After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the time to cut and paste window grilles to welcome the Spring Festival began in beginning of spring, and people used paper-cutting to express their joy in celebrating spring. Window grilles are paper-cut pasted on window paper or window glass. In the past, whether in the north or the south, stick grilles was always visited during the Spring Festival.

In the south, it is only posted when you get married, and it is generally not posted during the Spring Festival. Stick grilles is still very popular in the north. In Fengning, Hebei Province, if there is no stick grilles during the Spring Festival, people will guess whether something happened to this family.

One of the paper-cut varieties. In order to set off the festive atmosphere, the vast rural areas put paper-cuts on the windows before the Spring Festival. Generally speaking, the style of window grilles is relatively free, and there are no restrictions on their outlines except the "corner flowers" stuck at the four corners and the "group flowers" folded and cut.

Because it adapts to the general pane and avoids affecting lighting, its size should not be too large, and attention should be paid to hollowing out and translucent. In order to enhance the artistic effect and create a strong atmosphere, many window grilles are often pasted on a window, either matching in content or echoing in form. The theme of window grilles is very wide, and there are a lot of drama stories. Rod-shaped window grilles are more common in the north.

Extended data

The theme of window grilles is extremely extensive, including dramatic figures, historical legends, flowers, birds, fish and insects, landscapes, real life and auspicious patterns, which can be described as ubiquitous. But most of them are flowers and animals, festive and auspicious patterns.

Often take "auspicious and festive", "seeking good luck in a good year", "abundant crops", "prosperous people" and "precious flowers and auspicious birds" as the themes. "Dragon and phoenix become auspicious" is always the theme of China folk art. The dragons and phoenixes are exquisitely shaped and accurately described, expressing people's psychology of praying for good luck.

There are stories, characters, operas, customs and so on. It is very popular in the Yellow River basin and rural areas in the north. Common are the characters and drama plots of Three Kingdoms Opera, Water Margin Opera, Journey to the West, folk stories and local operas.

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