Do any of you know what the Chinese word for "Ningyo" means?

Human figure art is a traditional Japanese folk art, somewhat like Chinese silk figures, which originated around the Edo period in Japan, and first appeared as toys for children. After hundreds of years of development and change, Ningyo art has won people's appreciation for its exquisite shapes, gorgeous costumes and various hair accessories, and has become a kind of interior decorations favored by the Japanese people.

In Japanese dolls, March dolls and May dolls are the most representative, and the production and sales volume is also the most. Every year before and after the March " Girl's Day ", the store costume dolls are very popular. It is said that these dolls are sold for about 100 billion yen a year nationwide. Japanese parents express their wishes for their daughters by worshipping dolls. On March 3, relatives from the mother's mother's family present the girl with an "uchiwa-hina" (doll in costume), and the girl's family places peach blossoms, lozenges, and white wine in front of a special doll altar. It is believed that if a child has a disaster or illness, it can be passed on to the doll so that the child will be healthy and grow up well. Puppet altar is stepped, covered with red carpet or red cloth, the number of layers depending on the family situation that the number of dolls and different, as little as two or three layers, as much as seven or eight layers, dolls in the king and queen, courtesans, ministers, bands, listeners, and so on, and some of the gilded and lacquered, opulent carriages, horses, baggage, furniture, models of entertainment products. The dolls are all very lifelike with a smile on their faces. The festival dolls began in the Edo period, when they were made of paper, and as the custom developed, cloth dolls appeared later. In the Meiji era, the dolls were commercialized, and the Girls' Day festival dolls became a national fixture.

The origin of May dolls is related to the Dragon Boat Festival. In ancient Japan, on the fifth day of the fifth month, a festival was held to pray for peace. The court officials attending the festival put calamus ( a type of herb), which is said to drive away evil spirits and illnesses, on their crowns and drank calamus wine. In Japanese, calamus and shomu are pronounced the same way, and over time, May 5 evolved into a festival for martial arts training. In the Heian Period, archery demonstrations were held on this day. During the Edo Shogunate period, families decorated their front doors with military flags and horse symbols, which later evolved into samurai figures. In modern times, the Japanese government has designated May 5 as Boys' Day, and every year on this day, in order to wish for the healthy growth of boys, parents usually buy May dolls for one-week-old boys to display, mainly to symbolize the strength and bravery of manhood. May figures generally consist of samurai armor, bows and arrows, swords, drums and flags, and in some cases, octopuses.

The garments of the human figures are colorful and pleasing to the eye, reflecting traditional Japanese dress culture. The kimono is a unique Japanese traditional costume that is said to be more than 1,000 years old. It is wide and comfortable, dignified and elegant, especially women's kimono, bright and colorful patterns, consisting of more than ten kinds of accessories, and different kimono with different hairstyles, the knot of the belt also has changes. When a woman puts on a kimono, it forms a beautiful picture, and every action changes another picture. The kimono is both a practical item in life and a work of art that is appreciated. The difference in the style and color of a woman's kimono is a sign of age and marriage. For example, an unmarried girl wears a red-collared shirt with wide sleeves, while a married woman wears a plain shirt with tight sleeves. The obi is an extremely important part of a woman's kimono; it is embroidered with beautiful floral designs. At first, it was narrow and thin, and only played a fixed role, but later it developed into an ornament, and by the end of the Edo period, it was as wide as 9 inches and as long as 1.2 zhang. Belt knot many ways, which " drum knot " is more extensive, that is, in the back of the waist at the knot in the belt pad a core made of paper or cloth, looks like a square box.

The elegantly shaped and radiantly decorated figure (65 cm high and 38 cm wide) shows the beauty of the art of kimono. The girl is wearing a red kimono with a floor-length robe embroidered with delicate flowers and auspicious clouds in gold and silver threads; a light-colored obi belt with fan motifs is tied around her waist with a fan inserted into it, and the red spikes hang down in front of her chest, giving her a dashing charm; and the traditional hair accessories add a touch of elegance and nobility.

Japanese figures have a wide range of subjects, among which Geisha and Kabuki are brilliantly represented. Holding a shamisen figure (height 45, base length 23.8, base width 21 cm), from the hands of the famous Japanese craftsmen Hisatsuki, represents the image of a geisha. She has a curvaceous figure, wearing an elegant and beautiful kimono, holding a handful of finely crafted shamisen, with a beautiful face that is touching, and a slightly melancholic look that vaguely reveals the bitterness and bitterness of the life of a geisha.

The "Vine Maiden" is a masterpiece of Japanese classical dance, which shows the image of a lost girl, the Vine Fairy. In the performance, the Fujiname wears an embroidered hat with Japanese national style, and through the up and down dance of the flower hat and beautiful modeling, it expresses the female graceful posture and painful mood. The figure of "Fujiniang" (height 49, width 31 cm) is an artistic reproduction of the image of Fujiniang in the dance drama. Her eyes are downcast and she looks sad, with a wisteria branch on her shoulder and elegant wisteria flowers hanging behind her, echoing the wisteria pattern on her kimono and hat, which not only expresses the innocence and purity of the girl, but also emphasizes a sentimental atmosphere.

There are many fan-wielding figures in Japan. The fan was invented in China and then introduced to Japan; the folding fan came from Japan and was introduced to China. The name of the fan began in China during the Ming Dynasty, and in the 14th century it was already used by both China and Japan***, which is an interesting story in the history of cultural exchanges between China and Japan. At that time, every summer, court nobles would give folding fans to their retainers, and courtesans, influenced by them, often carried folding fans as decorations. Due to the people's favorite and the needs of daily life, it promoted the development of the fan, appeared in the fan surface painting, writing poems and aphorisms and so on. When celebrating auspicious occasions, people give folding fans as gifts, symbolizing a bright future and a broader path of life. Fans are often used as props on the stage, and the performers use the opening and closing of the fan to express the mood of the characters in the play. The fan-wielding figure (54 cm in height and 29 cm in width) depicts a beautiful and dignified young woman, wearing a noble and elegant traditional hairpiece and a kimono embroidered with cranes in flight, and holding a folding fan with plum blossoms in her left hand, which conveys good wishes.

(2) Sculpture Artwork

Time period: 1907 A.D. Material: oak Specification: 82 centimeters high Creator: Picasso

Artist Picasso is always at the forefront of the development of emerging art, and his active exploration and participation always bring new inspirations and creative desires to his art creations. At the same time when European artists' enthusiasm for researching black African art was on the rise, he also took action, and this wood carving work is his affirmation, conformity and imitation transformation of African art. In fact, this work uses only very simple lines in the shape of the carving, highlighting the feminine features of the human figure. The five senses of the figure are drawn in bright single lines, and the entire form is painted with a thin layer of color, as if to help distinguish the three-dimensional backlit surface. The work appears crude, but is actually complete, a transcendence of the concrete form. Picasso has been able to maintain the vitality of his art precisely because of his continuous absorption of all kinds of art and incorporation of his own style, so that the viewer can both capture the original artistic source of the work and find great variations. [edit] (3) Song title Performed by: Ai Otsuka

Album: love letter

Release date: December 10, 2008

Japanese lyrics:

Humanoid

いい子になりたくて あたしは自由を舍てた

マママが望むなら あしたは男の子 になる

身ごもった少女は裸足でさまよい

ガラスで切れた かかと死刑台へ

苦しみも 嬉しさも 感じない

あたしの表の颜から 心が死んでゆく

友達がほしくて あたしはYESだけで

ぬくもりがほしくて あたしは男の子に身を舍た

Enimation しは男に身をあすける

もっと自分のコトを 大事にしてあげたなら

感情が生きていた 人间になれたのに

痛みも 孤独も 谁一人助けてくれない

あたしは都会でがんぱる星に愿いを届けてみた

"人间になりたい "と

Lyrics in Chinese: (Translated by quiet and nice)

Mannequin

I wanted to be a good boy, so I gave up my freedom

I could have been a boy if my mother had wanted me to be

Wandering maiden, wandering with her bare feet with no place to go

Heel on the death table paved with sharp broken glass

Wandering girl, wandering with bare feet with no place to go

Heel on the death table paved with sharp broken glass

There is a death table paved with sharp broken glass

I can see from my face that my heart is dead

I keep saying "yes" because I want to make friends with people

I rely on men because I want to be warm.

If I could value myself more, maybe I could become a person with feelings

No one could help me in my pain or loneliness.

So all I could do was wish upon the strong stars over the city

"I want to become a human being"