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Our traditional culture in China is profound and has a long history. Today, I will introduce paper-cutting to you!

The content of paper-cut contains a strong flavor of life. People's familiar and favorite fish, insects, birds and animals, flowers and trees, pavilions and bridges have all become paper-cut patterns. Whenever China New Year is a holiday or a happy event, people will cut some old words, such as "Fu" and "Xi", to celebrate.

Paper-cut portrays vivid images. Let's take a look at this "fairy" first! The four fairies have different expressions and dances, and their arms are wrapped with light and silky ribbons, swaying gently with the wind. Look at this "Squirrel Picking Grapes". I saw it shaking its big hairy tail and staring at the big purple grapes with small eyes, for fear of being taken away by other small animals.

There are interesting folk stories in paper-cutting! This paper-cut tells the story of a mouse getting married. Look! The little mice carried the big sedan chair, the groom was in high spirits, and the big cat was envious. The original story is this: Father Mouse wants to find a good son-in-law for his daughter. Mother mouse says the sun is the best, the sun says the cloud is the best, the cloud says the wind is the best, the wind says the wall is the best, and the wall says the mouse is the best. Best of all, the little mouse married the bride.

What a beautiful paper-cut! I can't put it down!

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I love paper-cutting because of my life in the country when I was a child. In rural areas, as long as there are festivals, everyone wants to get married in stick grilles.

Rural people are smart in simplicity, smart in childishness, and a pair of scissors and a piece of colored paper fly out of the world. You cut a pair of cats, she cut a tiger ... The two are exchanged, which not only meets their own needs, but also contacts the feelings of the villagers, showing their simplicity and enthusiasm to the fullest. It is in this environment that I was brought up by my grandmother day by day. Grandma can be regarded as an expert in paper cutting. Although her eyes are dim, she can cut paper with an unimaginable concentration. No matter what flies in the sky or runs on the ground, it is so light and smart in her paper-cutting. Her paper-cutting, simple and childlike, like Taoist paintings, is clever and free and easy. Because of what I heard, I became interested in paper cutting.

I'm a little strange. Once I know the truth, I will go into darkness in an alley. When I first learned paper cutting, my grandmother strongly opposed it. From a simple understanding, it is useless to say that a boy does this job, but I am stubborn and have been pestering my grandmother. Grandma can do nothing about her baby grandson, so she has to spare some colored paper. Of course, you need a pattern at the beginning, which is equivalent to copying in painting and tracing red in calligraphy. Gradually, I put aside the pattern and let my temperament. This interest continued until I was admitted to the county. Because I am busy with my studies, I have to give up what I want. After more than ten years, I hardly cut it. Even if there is, it is purely accidental.

After work, there is no time. I once attended a colleague's wedding, and when I was leaving to pick up the bride's car, I found a room full of people without the word "hi". I volunteered to solve this problem. Since then, the paper-cut about me has spread around the unit. Therefore, whenever my colleagues do something happy, they will ask me for help. Some bring colored paper, and some simply bring only one mouth. I am willing to do it, which is naturally related to my likes and dislikes. Therefore, I always carefully design and try to change the cutting methods, fonts and surrounding collocation: some dragons and phoenixes are auspicious, some bees and butterflies are Qi Fei, some magpies are noisy, and some are tied together ... all based on the traditional connotation of happy marriage and good luck. When I appreciate my work, I feel a sense of comfort that I have never felt before, such as standing in a vast field and breathing the fragrance of the earth.

I have always been an old-fashioned person, which is of course caused by my personality, but sometimes I play jokes on people. I have a friend who is very active and likes to play tricks on people. I have never suffered from him. When he got married, he naturally asked me for a happy word. I put a paper-cut in which a cat and a dog hug and kiss. These two things are childish and funny. Originally it was just a joke, and I didn't know if the poster was intentional, so I posted this paper-cut on the bedside table of the bridal chamber. It was not until the wedding was over and the bride and groom were flushed that they found themselves really upset. From then on, every time I talked about it, I would laugh and scold.

Second, paper cutting.

Nowadays, how many little girls still like paper-cutting? Once, I taught students to cut paper in class. They cheered and pasted their works on the glass in front of them. I was very moved to see this very folk classroom at that time.

Really, not many people like it. Like girls in the past, there are not many people who entrust their leisure with a piece of red paper and a pair of scissors. Grasping steamed stuffed bun dolls can avoid disaster. If you cut an animal and paste it every day from the first day of the first month to the seventh day of the first month, it will be a good year, and children in GREAT GHOST simply can't start.

A very old and interesting legend, with bright red window grilles on white enough paper, the ancient China is pure, elegant and charming. It is washed away by years, and its soul is scattered and out of control.

In fact, it is really a process of enjoyment, spreading a piece of red paper, drawing favorite patterns, hinging with scissors, digging with scissors tips, thin, one flower, one leaf and one eyebrow, indulging, I don't know how long the sun and the moon are. Those fine movements, hands are also pleasant, very primitive and clear happiness.

And the things cut out, even if some details are damaged, are very unbearable. After all the cuts, it doesn't seem obvious at all. Anyway, it just looks good. It is naive in itself, beautiful in form, cheerful and tolerant in the sky.

Embroidery is the same. In college, a girl in the upper bunk opposite me was very beautiful. Once she leaned against the bed and lazily embroidered a silver reed in the sunshine outside the window. I remember that scene for a long time.

I always thought it was a lost fairy tale for girls.

Now everyone doesn't like to do this fairy tale, but my husband, as my loyal audience, likes it very much. He cooperated with me on a whim, worked hard, and his hands were even more dexterous than mine. Every time I can cut out a refurbished pattern, I will send it casually, very complacent. Until one day, he saw someone selling paper-cuts in the street. It was very complicated and beautiful, and only one could be sold to 10 yuan. His sense of fairy tales was immediately hit, and he felt dejected, which made a sound of injustice for the ancient handicraft art in China.

In fact, there is nothing unfair. None of us has the ability to maintain the ancient folk traditions. What we do for ourselves is just a game to send away the sun and the moon. Pretending to be deeper, we are just looking for some peace and mood outside of real life.

But sometimes I really think, if we can only see these hand-made, quaint and exquisite paper-cuts after several generations, will we go to the museum?

That's a real pity.

Third, the courtyard deeply dreams of paper cutting.

When Yun came back from the wedding, I thought more about the paper-cut in her new house and all kinds of window grilles stuck on the window glass, which were the best gifts we got when we went to Pingyao.

One summer evening, bathed in the afterglow of sunset, we met in Pingyao ancient city. The ancient city is really a little old. The mottled city walls are full of vicissitudes and desolation, and even the broken brick walls are filled with the breath of war. But I like the faint smell of vinegar and dust in the air, and I like the strong human touch in paper-cutting art.

After staying at the Xinrentai Inn, I searched for my room in the labyrinthine deep courtyard, passed through several cloisters, and passed the thatched cottages such as "Full Moon with Flowers", "Cave in a Different Place", "Clouds in the Sky" and "Youyuan". In front of the shutter door with red lanterns and window grilles, I saw the words "indifferent and bright". Putting down my luggage, I didn't have time to think about it, so I went to the market of the ancient city with Yun. Perhaps the night in the ancient city is the most attractive. Red lanterns along the street are lit, and tourists from south to north are greeted with happy smiles. The window glass was illuminated by the indoor lights, and there were many warm memories in the dim light, while Yun and I plunged into the shop of this paper-cut family and spent most of the night.

Yun picked up his wedding figures with different styles in the paper-cut shop, but I was unconsciously attracted and intoxicated by plain or gorgeous paper-cut art. Those paper-cut patterns, big or small, round or square, single or stacked, have bright and smooth lines, rich and concise contents and profound meanings, which make people seem to have entered the Garden of Eden outside the world of mortals. They are a baptism of the soul after the color of the eyes, the voice of the world, the calmness of the body and the lightness of the mouth. For example, Avalokitesvara with a Thousand Hands, A Hundred Butterflies, Kangning in Eight Streets, Harmony with Five Poisons, Four Happiness and Double Happiness link the auspicious figures of China with the solar terms of the year, which makes people more sincerely yearn for the mysterious fit between the universe and heaven and earth. Those flowers, birds, fish, insects, birds and beasts are lifelike and everything is available, which makes people intoxicated in the paradise on earth that is in harmony with nature and closely related to biology; Some representative figures, such as The Saint Confucius, A Dream of Red Mansions, The Water Margin and the facial expressions of dramatic figures, are lifelike, which not only makes people appreciate paper-cutting, but also makes people feel that the art of paper-cutting has a long history in China traditional culture. How did the skillful hands of folk artists bring together all the creatures and folklore in the world under a pair of scissors? It enlightens people's minds, edifies their sentiments, and philosophizes their life, which is amazing. Paper-cutting is as ornamental as stamps and sparks, but it also has the value of beautifying life. On holidays, when you get married and have children, when you have a birthday, you can cut out red and yellow window grilles and stick them on the lintel or glass, which is fresh and generous and makes your yard full of joy and vitality. In the warm paper-cutting home, Yun selected many exquisite paper-cutting for himself. Imagination and her "100-picture" satin bedding set off each other, which must have a unique style and tradition in fashion. When I entered the marriage hall more than ten years ago, I also posted various paper-cuts on the windows, lintels and bedside of my new house, but at that time, I asked my friends to cut them, and there were not so many renovation patterns. Up to now, there is still a very large "heart-to-heart" picture of flowers and birds, which represents a ceremony and a classical complex of traditional weddings.

The shop was closing, and we reluctantly returned to the inn. In fact, in Pingyao, the hometown of paper cutting, paper cutting is everywhere. Whether it's a restaurant, an inn or a farmhouse, almost every place with windows will put up some paper-cuts. Monochrome paper-cut is rough and simple, color paper-cut is graceful and graceful, and the patterns of paper-cut often express auspicious wishes. Such as chicken and wishful patterns indicate good luck; Lotus and fish patterns represent more than one year; "corning eight festivals" means that you are safe and healthy all year round; Mei Lanju bamboo shows the integrity of a gentleman.

On the window of my residence, there is a photo of a child who is extremely playful, which is in line with the theme of "indifferent to Zhi Ming". On the wall inside, there is a poem written by Zhu Qingyu in the Tang Dynasty, "Facing the Imperial Examination to Secretary Zhang": "Why don't you stop the red candle in the bridal chamber at night, wait for your aunt and uncle to pay homage in front of Tianming Hall, then put on makeup and ask your husband in a low voice,' Are you deeply impressed?' "It's a little more elegant, and it seems to cater to the bride-like mood of the first person who traveled to Pingyao. Lying on your back in bed, you can enjoy the starry sky on a summer night through the skylight on the roof. A feeling arises spontaneously that it is easy for a person to get lost in the ancient city. If you don't tell anyone where you are tonight, who will care where a person comes from and where he is going? Even if I told my relatives and friends in Pingyao ancient city, who would find it in a very deep corner of this quadrangle and a very small room? Think about those paper-cuts, those birds, flowers, people, endless, dancing around, dancing in the ancient city, blooming in many people's dreams, my heart is also steadfast, quietly integrated into the night of the ancient city.

"I don't know if I am a guest in my dream." I will definitely dream and get drunk tonight, dreaming that I have been a bride in Pingyao all night and turned into a paper-cut red face.

Respondent: Baisha Lover-Fine Worker Grade 9 10-20 2 1:59.

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