Sticking of folk art and so on.

Sticker refers to the method of making handicrafts with bamboo, wood and iron wire as the skeleton and silk and paper. By knotting, tenoning, pasting, etc. It is also the general name of a kind of works of art made of sticky paper (also known as binding, pasting paper, binding paper library, binding cover, coloring paste, etc. ), lanterns, kites, fans, etc. in folk art, except lanterns, kites and other self-proclaimed works of art, pasting generally mainly refers to paper works. Paper binding in a broad sense includes painted doors, Peng Ling, stage, shop facade decoration, plaques and figures, operas, kites, lanterns and so on. In a narrow sense, paper binding is mainly used for paper people, paper horses, cash cows, Jinshan Yinshan, archways, gatehouses, houses, poultry and other paper products that can be burned. Historically, the titles and main uses of paper binding in different periods are not the same. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the paper binding industry was called "binding", "papermaking", "making ghosts" and "paper shop".

According to "Dream in Tokyo", a few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival on July 15 every year, the neighborhoods on the street began to sell funerary wares, shoes and hats, golden rhinoceros ribbons and colorful clothes. , are made of kidnapping paste paper. There is also a record: "Bamboo poles are made of three feet, three to five feet high, woven into the shape of lamp nests, called pots, on which clothes are hung and money is burned." "The book describes that ghost clothes, boots, shoes, seats, hats and satin are sold every year from late September, so that sacrifices can be made in October.

According to Ming Meng Lu, people who specialize in paper binding are called "colorful artists", and their business places are "paper binding shop", "paper horse shop" and "paper horse fragrance shop". In addition, there are dozens of paper houses for worship; On the way to the funeral, gifted children sang and danced beside the coffin of the deceased, jumped on poles and horses, and performed some operas along the way. Almost every household has to pay homage at night and burn cold clothes in front of their homes, which is called "sending cold clothes". The records of various documents show that the styles of paper binding in history are diverse.

Judging from the historical materials of local chronicles from Ming and Qing dynasties to modern times, it is a main and quite common form of mourning to tie paper men and horses to worship the gods. Due to the influence of regional culture, there are great differences between the Central Plains and Qilu, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Northwest, Southwest, South Fujian and other places in terms of sacrificial forms and paper binding styles. Every year, a grand China market is held in Xisai Village, Huangshi City, Hubei Province. The main body of the Expo is a huge paper dragon boat, and all the characters and props on board are also made of paper. It is a typical paper-binding ceremony and paper-binding folk art works.

Paper materials used for paper binding are mainly tissue paper, Xuan paper, wool paper and grass paper, but modern machine paper has been used. Colored paper generally chooses the corresponding color according to architectural decoration, clothing, utensils, animals, utensils, etc., and then makes architectural decoration pieces and people's clothes, skirts, pants, crowns, ornaments, etc. according to the required size and shape in paper binding. Clothing patterns and architectural decoration generally use woodcut color printing or painting. In terms of process techniques, some are slightly cut into shapes, and some are finely carved. Portraits of paper figures are generally made of clay sculptures, and faces are drawn according to different figures, gods' looks, roles, genders, wealth and poverty, which is similar to the painting form of Facebook. Reed, bamboo pole and wheat straw are generally selected as the frame structure of paper binding, and other auxiliary materials are hemp rope, silk thread, bamboo nail and wooden stick. The binding of paper binding skeleton should conform to the overall structure according to the binding object. Paste clipping is the main content of paper binding technology. It cuts and carves different colors of paper into unit figures or costumes, floral decorations and building components, and then sticks them on the bound frame according to the needs of modeling. Before pasting graphics, paste plain paper, which is uniform in shape and convenient for pasting and mounting. The folding process mostly uses character paper, especially opera paper. Painting is mainly used in clothing, facial makeup, scenery, props, building accessories, animal decoration and so on, paying attention to the skill and vividness of painting. Lantern, also known as lantern, is a kind of lighting equipment, and it is a timely thing in traditional festivals. In China, whenever there are festivals, weddings, birthdays and celebrations, people will put lanterns and tie colored lanterns to celebrate. The 15th day of the first month and the Mid-Autumn Festival are the traditional Lantern Festival in China. Folk lanterns were originally developed from palace lanterns in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which originated from the custom of decorating lanterns during the Lantern Festival. Palace lanterns became popular, and lanterns began to spread to the people. The widespread popularity of lanterns among the people was about in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and reached the peak of production skills in the Song Dynasty.

During the Lantern Festival in the Song Dynasty, not only the imperial court and the dignitaries in Beijing played with lanterns, but also the citizens were encouraged to enjoy lanterns, and it was stipulated that anyone who went to Yujie to enjoy lanterns would be given a glass of wine, so that people who enjoyed lanterns in the Lantern Festival were in an endless stream. After Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor, made Nanjing his capital, he decorated lanterns for ten days to celebrate the Lantern Festival, attracting wealthy businessmen from all over the world. At that time, the buildings in Jinling (now Nanjing) were gorgeous, and there were ten thousand water lanterns burning on the Qinhuai River, which was spectacular for a while. Yongle moved its capital to Beijing and opened a two-mile-long lantern market in Donghuamen, which reached its climax from the eighth day to the fifteenth day of the first month. In the Ming Dynasty, lanterns of various colors were sold at the Lantern Festival in Hangzhou, including Laozi, Beauty, Zhong Kui's ghost play, Liu Hai's toad fighting and so on. In the Qing Dynasty, the Lantern Festival in Beijing was scheduled for the 13th to 17th day of the first month, with the 15th as the main lantern festival, and the lanterns in Dongsi Pailou and Di 'anmen were the most abundant. Outside Zhengyang Gate and beside Lingyou Palace are also important places to enjoy lanterns.

Generally speaking, the frame of the lantern is made of bamboo, iron wire and so on. The lamp screen is made of printed or painted paper or silk. Most lanterns in Quanzhou are decorated with paper-cut patterns. In the north, there is a kind of woodcut printed screen painting, which is similar to woodcut New Year pictures, especially popular opera stories. Kites can be seen all over the country Among many kinds of kites, kites from Beijing, Tianjin, Weifang, Shandong and Nantong, Jiangsu are famous. These four places are called the four major kite producing areas in China. And Hebei, Sichuan, Liaoning, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Tibet, Taiwan Province and other regions. There are also kite categories with strong local characteristics.

There are four arts in kite making, which refer to the process of kite making and flying, namely, tying, pasting, drawing and flying. There are many styles of kites, but their making is based on the "four arts". Due to different customs and people's aesthetic concepts, kites in different places have formed their own local characteristics in terms of modeling, tying, decoration and flying skills.