Paper-cutting is the most primitive spiritual form created by the ancient Chinese nation. It is produced in people's daily life, closely related to people's food, clothing, housing and transportation, and is the embodiment of the simplest artistic thought and artistic language in human labor life. The following is what I arranged for you, I hope it will help you!

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The origin of Chaoyang paper-cut

If the origin of northern paper-cutting is to ward off evil spirits, then the origin of Chaoyang paper-cutting is to bless and beautify. Therefore, Chaoyang paper-cut has high practicability in Chaoyang folk activities. Due to various activities of Chaoyang Festival, it has been passed down from generation to generation. Celebrate New Year, Lantern Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, etc. These festivals or commemorations, sacrifices or prayers are a major feature of Chaoshan folk language. Chaoyang is located by the sea, and people here admire nature very much. Therefore, festivals such as ancestor worship and god worship in Chaoyang are warm and grand, which are activities to unite people's hearts and concentrate local folk culture. Chaoyang paper-cut is an art form attached to various folk activities.

In various folk activities, there are sacrifices such as three animals, five animals, five fruits and vegetarian dishes. They are usually used, and because of their use and significance, various paper-cuts are produced correspondingly because of different contents. For example, there are chicken flower, duck flower, egg flower, pork flower, fish flower, pig liver flower, pig head flower and pig leg flower, as well as Mo Dou flower, lobster flower and honey flower. And aquatic animal paper-cutting is one of the unique forms and contents of Chaoyang paper-cutting; Vegetables include plantain flower, apple flower, pear flower, pineapple flower, ginger dusk flower, bean flower, etc. Mushrooms, needles, fungus, rotten branches, peanuts and other vegetarian dishes, and have corresponding contents. All kinds of ornaments have different forms of flowers, and other decorative offerings include all kinds of decorative flowers and paper-cuts of various dramatic figures, the Eight Immortals and legendary figures. The most used flowers are pork flowers and chicken flowers, followed by fish flowers and duck flowers. The decorative patterns of chicken flowers, pig flowers and fish flowers used in Chaoyang paper-cutting are also different because of different contents. If used in ordinary seasons, words such as "longevity" and "happiness" are often used. If it is used in weddings, the words "happiness" or "double happiness" are often used, accompanied by butterflies flying in pairs, symbolizing the double happiness of Shuang Fu or four lotus flowers, meaning "happy event", and various patterns such as back patterns, Fang Shengwen, Ji Xiangwen and celebration patterns are attached around it. The pattern of every village and household is different, so the paper-cutting in the valley of people has the significance of competition. The quality grade and exquisiteness of paper-cutting also imply or measure the level and moral taste of Chaoyang women, and become the main factors for mutual improvement and generation-to-generation. Because of their differences, each has its own style, which constitutes a major paper-cutting style in Chaoyang area as a whole. Chaoyang paper-cut has a wide range of themes and rich contents, which can be roughly divided into four categories: figures, animals, flowers and ornaments. ?