The explanatory text of Shanxi paper-cutting?

Folk paper-cutting is produced among workers, and the aesthetic taste of workers is directly influenced by their geographical environment, social life and social psychology. Shaanxi people raised by the Yellow River and Huang Tu have rough, bold and simple temperament and character. They fly paper-cuts, and pour their feelings, talents and good wishes into the paper-cuts accompanied by day and night, which constitutes a unique regional custom and humanistic mentality and shows high aesthetic value.

Paper-cutting in Luliang area of Shanxi Province contains the simplicity, roughness, boldness and broadness of stone carving art in Han Dynasty. Jinnan paper-cut knife and pen are vigorous and bright, with the characteristics of seeing the fine in the rough and hiding the clever in the clumsy; The paper-cuts of Guangling and Lingqiu in Yanbei are dignified and gorgeous, which have both the wild interest outside the Great Wall and the beauty inside. Jinzhong paper-cut is located in the hinterland of Shanxi Province, and its style is round and beautiful, delicate and fine.

The popularity of paper-cutting among the people is often accompanied by birthdays, weddings, funerals, festive festivals and daily life. Living custom is a social factor to promote the development of paper-cutting, and it also forms rich paper-cutting contents and different paper-cutting styles.

Festival paper-cutting at the age of 20

The Spring Festival is especially grand because it commemorates people's understanding of the "event calendar". At that time, all the houses and courtyards were decorated, the windows were covered with flowers, the doors were covered with red couplets, and the colorful doornotes fluttering in the wind added to the festive atmosphere. In rural Shanxi, although there are door paintings, couplets and door signs on the courtyard gate, we still have to cut and paste a pair of "peach pits" (Hu pronounced as "pit" in dialect), "pit" and "symbol", inheriting the ancient custom of calling "Spring Festival couplets" peach symbols. But "Fu Tao" doesn't mean "Spring Festival couplets" in the eyes of cultivators. It still retains the original intention of "Fu Tao" in ancient legends to drive away epidemics, ghosts and evil spirits. Dusting and sweeping the house on New Year's Eve, every window is bright and clean, and red and green window grilles are stuck on white window paper, which has a unique charm. Sticking fish, chickens, tigers, flowers, birds and animals. The folk sticker "Fish and Chicken" means "Qing Ji has fish". Sticking tigers may be related to the Chinese nation's worship of tiger totem and tiger cosmology.

On the Lantern Festival, colorful lanterns are hung in front of every household. Lanterns have various shapes and characteristics. Paper-cuts pasted on lanterns are colorful. Rotating in the shadow is called "lantern". The carved snuff is sideways to adapt to the rotation. The function of snuff is to beautify lamps, which requires that the patterns cut out must be suitable for light transmission. Because of this, the lines of snuff are slender, the contrast between black and white is not obvious, and the spacing between blocks is even.

Shanxi is located in the North China Plateau, and there has always been little rainfall, especially in spring, with nine droughts in ten years. In the old society, when it didn't rain for a long time, people couldn't save themselves, so they pinned their hopes on dragons. On February 2, women cut dragons and put dragons on every door, praying for rain from the Dragon King. Most of these paper-cuts are simple and exaggerated, with clear outlines and few floating ornaments, showing childish games.

In spring, when everything recovers, poisonous insects also move around, and they will suffer if they are not careful. Traditionally, at this time of year, people have to chop "chicken pecking scorpion" and "seven-star sword chopping scorpion". Some people even put up "Fu", and the inscription on the "Fu" reads: "Grain Rain Day, Grain Rain Morning, please invite General Grain Rain. Three cups of tea and four cups of wine send scorpions thousands of miles of dust. " The paper-cutting of "Eliminating Five Poisons by Tiger" on Dragon Boat Festival is the same as the above psychological factors. It is a good wish of people to get spiritual comfort and psychological balance.