Expression content of Qingyang paper-cutting

Qingyang paper-cutting, there are many kinds. The content varies depending on the purpose. Roughly, there are festive paper-cutting, ceremonial paper-cutting, paper-cutting, life paper-cutting, life paper-cutting, wedding paper-cutting, reproductive paper-cutting, funeral paper-cutting, pattern paper-cutting, paper-cutting, bottom sample paper-cutting and modern production and labor paper-cutting and so on. Most of these paper cuttings have base samples, which are passed down from generation to generation from ancestors, and careful women put the base samples in magazines and books, which are regarded as family heirlooms.

Qingyang paper-cutting, wide range of materials. The sun, moon, stars and morning, landscape, flowers and trees, birds and animals, stories and legends are the material for paper-cutting. Especially within the family compound this side of the holy land of men and women dolls, cows, sheep, mules and horses, pigs, dogs, cats and rabbits, fruits and vegetables, because every day to see, they observe them y, and thus became the women's scissors under the permanent subject matter. They take and cut these subjects to decorate and beautify the home environment and express their understanding of life and feelings.

Qingyang paper-cutting content is colorful. There are expressions of auspiciousness and festivity, reflecting the traditional folklore of the Han Chinese "two dragons playing with pearls", "camel into the treasure", "auspicious beasts", "Ma Gu Xianshou "There are also "Peacock Playing Peony", "Butterfly Loves Flower" and "Magpie Treads Plum" which reflect reproduction and beautiful love, "Fish Drilling Lotus"; "Tiger Descending from the Mountain", "Lion Rolling Embroidery Ball", "Bun Scratching Doll "There are also folk tales such as "Liu Hai Plays with the Golden Toad", "Wu Song Beats the Tiger" and "Wang Xiang Lies on Ice". There are also folk tales such as "Liu Hai plays with the golden toad", "Wu Song plays with the tiger", "Wang Xiang lies on the ice"; and there are ears of wheat, ears of grain, melons, peaches and apricots, etc., which express the love for the fruit of labor. These works have a strong local flavor, reflecting the living customs of people on the Loess Plateau, full of their understanding of life, feelings, love and pursuit.