The New Year's ballad sings: "Twenty-eight, applique flowers." "Since ancient times, pasting window flowers has been a traditional custom of the Chinese, a side of red paper, a pair of skillful hands, and a pair of scissors, cut out of the good expectations and wishes for the New Year. On the eve of the Spring Festival, the reporter walked into the home of Li Zixiang, the city-level inheritor of intangible cultural heritage Chaoyi paper-cutting, and felt the strong New Year's flavor in the window flowers.
Walking into the old man's house of Li Zixiang, the first thing that catches your eye is the red paper-cut works, the elegant word "longevity", the delicate "four beauties", and the atmospheric "Qingming Riverside Picture". Speaking of the works he cut out by himself, the old man can tell the meaning of them.
The Spring Festival is getting closer and closer, and more and more people come to the elderly to cut window flowers. After breakfast, the old man Li Zixiang began to get busy, tidying up the tables and chairs, preparing scissors, laying out red paper, and starting to trace the sample...... A piece of tissue paper was flipped and folded in her hand, cut and scratched, and after a while, a lifelike "Double Dragon Play Pearl" jumped on the paper.
Municipal intangible cultural heritage inheritor Li Zixiang
Li Zixiang, the inheritor of municipal intangible cultural heritage, said: "This year is the Year of the Dragon, we are all descendants of the Dragon, and I hope that we will have a prosperous life in the Year of the Dragon." ”
Celebrating the New Year and pasting window flowers is a tradition adhered to by the older generation of local people, and it also conveys people's expectations and blessings for the New Year. At this time of year, the old people in the neighborhood will gather together to chat about household cooking and cut window flowers, and the strong smell of the New Year will slowly spread from the small courtyard of the farmhouse.
Xue Zhiyuan, a villager in the third group of Yangjiazhuang Village, Fengcun Town
Xue Zhiyuan, a villager in the third group of Yangjiazhuang Village, Fengcun Town, said: "My eldest sister is very good at paper-cutting, and we are all willing to follow our eldest sister to learn paper-cutting. ”
Li Zixiang is 73 years old this year, but has more than 60 years of paper-cutting experience, in her memory, childhood memories of the New Year, the most profound is to follow her grandmother to learn paper-cutting, a vivid, exquisite paper-cutting not only represents the arrival of the New Year, but also the cultural heritage of generations. She also hopes to pass on her skills to more people, so that more and more people will like this folk art.
Municipal intangible cultural heritage inheritor Li Zixiang
Li Zixiang, the inheritor of the municipal intangible cultural heritage, said: "Like paper-cutting, it is a hollow technique, cut it around a hole, and cut it round when cutting flowers; For example, if I cut a fish or a lotus, it will be more than a year; I cut a vase and cut a peony on it, which means wealth and peace, and it has a meaning. ”
In a small room, in a joyful and festive atmosphere, a vivid work was born, and everyone cut out the charm of folk culture, a strong New Year's flavor, and a deep blessing for the new year.
Reporter: Jiang Xiaoning, Xue Xiaobin, Zhu Ruicheng, Zhao Yaxuan (intern)
Editor: Li Dan
Review: Shi Jie
Producer: Zhang Nan