What are the folk cloth toys?

Folk cloth toys, apart from practical and decorative purposes, are often auspicious items to pray for good luck and ward off evil spirits, and are widely used in various folk occasions. For example, melon seeds dolls are used to ward off evil spirits, and chicken dolls are used to pray. The existing folk cloth toys are most distinctive in Qianyang, Shaanxi. Girls began to learn embroidery from 10, which was used to make various children's hats, children's shoes and cloth pillows. There are many kinds of cloth pillows, including tiger pillows, pig pillows, chicken pillows, fish pillows, turtle pillows, baby pillows, peach pillows and pomegranate pillows. When the child is full moon and one year old, grandma and relatives all take cloth pillows as gifts, and each pillow has auspicious meanings, wishing the child a safe growth. Among these toys and articles, tiger hat, tiger shoes and tiger headrest are the remnants of ancient Shaanxi tiger totem worship. Frog pillow is a symbol of Nu Wa, the god of folk marriage and reproduction. A cloth pillow or a cloth mirror decorated with five poisons (centipede, scorpion, spider, snake and toad) adopts the homonym of "five poisons" and "non-toxic", and uses the five poisons to eliminate disasters and protect Anji Xiang.