Chapter 136 Dangerous Woman

The old man said calmly: "You tore the word 'Fu' out of me and unfolded it to see what it looks like?"

The old man took out something like an herb from his arms and said, "Boil some water and put it in it. After boiling the water and drinking it, your illness will be cured!"

In this way, the situation in the scholar's family gradually improved, and Xiyu's body was no longer sick. Later, Biyu went to school and met a very talented teacher. His knowledge increased very quickly. quick. Later, Biyu became a very important minister in the court and became the prime minister. I will not go into details about this.

At the same time, he is good at using Bixing techniques to create a variety of mascots, combining conventional images to express his own psychology, and pursuing auspicious metaphors has become one of the ultimate goals of image combination.

At this time, the family realized that they had met an immortal today, so the scholar, Xiyu and Biyu, knelt on the ground, kowtowed repeatedly, and said, "May I ask the old man which immortal he is?"

Without waiting for them to say anything, the old man took out some money from his arms and said, "I can see that if you can give the last bowl of rice to me, a stranger, it means that your family is a virtuous family." House of goodness.

After finishing the bowl of porridge, the old man's body seemed to have recovered a lot, so he stood up and looked around the room. At a glance, he knew that this family was very poor and had almost nothing.

This is exactly:

Everything you have suffered so far can actually be considered a disaster! It should be over now. I have some money here. You can use it to buy some rice so that your wife and children can have a good year. Your wife will not get sick from now on, and your children will have a good future.

At that time, the scholar's family was confused. At some point, the old man left.

In addition to the paper-tying craftsmen who appeared after the Southern Song Dynasty, the most basic team of Chinese folk paper-cut craftsmen are still rural women. Nvhong is an important symbol of traditional female perfection in our country. As the compulsory skill of nvhong, paper-cutting has become a handicraft that girls must learn from an early age.

If you want to know more divine cultural stories and Buddhist secrets, please look forward to the next chapter!

Because the culture of China is a culture passed down by gods, among the many categories of culture, many are created by gods. On the one hand, they are to enrich the culture of the world, and on the other hand, they are to show their own life existence. specialty.

The old man seemed a little surprised and said repeatedly: "Well, I am not a god. I was just entrusted by a god to come to the world to visit and see if there are virtuous people, and then pass on this skill to him.

Tang. Duan Chengshi's "Youyang Zazu" said: "On the first day of spring, in the homes of scholar-bureaucrats, paper cuttings are made into small pans, which are either hung on the heads of beauties, or decorated under flowers, or cut into spring butterflies, to play with the success of spring."

Here is a story about the origin of paper-cutting:

When I came here, the god told me to find you and try to see if you can do it. If you can, I will pass on this skill to you. If it doesn't work, we have to find someone else. Now, when you meet each other again in two thousand years, don’t forget this! "

The work of carving gold has passed down the customs of Jing Dynasty, and the ribbon-cutting has inspired the people of Jin Dynasty.

Xiyu replied: "It's like this every winter, and I always feel uncomfortable."

Folk paper-cutting is good at combining a variety of objects and producing ideal and beautiful results. Regardless of the combination of one or more images, it is all based on "image meaning" and "image formation", rather than modeling based on objective natural forms.

What's more, Chinese people often use paper-cutting as home decorations to beautify the home environment, such as door stacks, window flowers, cabinet flowers, wedding flowers, ceiling flowers, etc. are all paper-cutting used to decorate doors, windows and rooms.

Entering the house, the scholar told his wife Siyu the whole story. Biyu took the initiative to boil water. Siyu supported her weak body, took out the little rice left in the house, and cooked a large bowl of gruel.

Then, the old man touched Xiao Biyu's head, held him in his arms, and said: "This child will become a 'kind and pure, wise pen and blue heart' female talent in the future! . . . "

The scholar was worried about dinner, but he couldn't say anything, so he simply took out his pen and wrote the word "福" on a piece of paper.

Paper cutting is also called paper engraving, window decoration or painting. The difference is that when creating, some use scissors and some use knives. Although the tools are different, the artistic works created are basically the same, and people collectively call them paper-cutting.

"Why do you think you are very virtuous, but you have to suffer so much? It's because all this is to accumulate your merit. In about two thousand years, you will meet countless gods, and you will meet all the gods you want. A good thing cannot come yet, until then, we will still be waiting to borrow your light?" the old man replied.

Paper-cutting is a kind of hollow art, which visually gives people a sense of airiness and artistic enjoyment. Its carrier can be paper, gold and silver foil, bark, leaves, cloth, leather, leather and other sheet materials.

His wife Siyu said: "We are not hungry, old man, please eat first!"

"Oh! Then I'll eat it first!" the old man said helplessly.

At this time, the old man slowly woke up, and the scholar quickly made the gruel until it was not hot enough for his mouth, and slowly let the old man drink it. It was already getting late, and the old man seemed to understand something and asked: "Did you save me? You guys should eat together too!"

What made the scholar happy was that his son Biyu was very sensible and obedient. Despite his young age, he helped his mother cook and wash dishes, and never competed with other children for food and fun.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the handicraft art of paper-cutting matured and reached its heyday. The application range of folk paper-cutting handicrafts is even wider. The floral decorations on folk lanterns, the patterns on fans, and embroidery patterns, etc., are all made of paper-cutting as decoration and then processed.

The old man looked at Xiyu and said, "My child, you must be feeling unwell!"

The ribbon-cutting here is also paper-cutting. Paper-cutting is a very traditional folk art form with a long history. Before the invention of papermaking, this art category gradually took shape. Nowadays, you can see a dazzling variety of paper-cut styles in China, and window grilles are one of them.

The scholar first used money to buy some rice and paper, then wrote the word "福", and then asked Xiyu to make paper-cuts. Biyu also came to help, because others couldn't do it. His paper-cuts were selling very well. It was approaching the end of the year, and every family was selling it. Take pride in pasting paper cutouts.

The old man turned around again and looked at the word "福" written by the scholar. He seemed to want to see clearly when he picked it up, but he didn't know that she tore it up with her hands three times!

Biyu ran over curiously and slowly unfolded it, ah, it was something she had never seen before, a word "福" surrounded by a big fish, and after this "tearing", the word "福" became more three-dimensional! Little Biyu was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth. She held the piece of paper to her chest and showed it to her mother, and said, "Doesn't this look good?"

The skill of paper-cutting is passed down from immortals, and is honed hard in the vast dusty sea.

During the Han Dynasty, not long after paper was invented, Li Qinglian was a very down-and-out scholar. He had a wife in poor health, Xiyu, and a 6- to 7-year-old son, Biyu.

Tang. Li Shangyin's poem "Ren Yue":

And I will tell your wife later how to turn ordinary characters into this kind of thing. If you take this kind of "paper" to the market and those wealthy people, you will definitely sell it for a good price! "

The scholar was anxious at that time, and thought in his mind: I finally found this piece of paper, and our family saved you. It’s the New Year, and our family wants to put a blessing character on it for good luck next year, but why do you want to put it on it? What about tearing it off?

People pray for abundant food and clothing, prosperity, health and longevity, and all the best. This simple wish is conveyed through paper-cutting.

"About two thousand years later?" The scholar didn't understand, and Xiyu was also very confused.

The scholar hurried home in a hurry. When he was approaching the door of his house, he found an old lady lying there. The old lady was dressed in rags. She was holding a stick in her left hand and a broken bowl in her right hand. When the scholar saw this, he felt pity and hurriedly helped the old man up and carried her into the house.

That is to say, in the Tang Dynasty, such an art was already very common. It became a very elegant artistic activity in the homes of scholar-bureaucrats and was highly sought after by the world.

This scholar is really talented, but no one appreciates or cares about him. Moreover, his hands and feet are relatively clumsy, and he is not very good at doing other things. Fortunately, sometimes my wife helps others, makes some clothes for others, makes some money, and survives in this difficult environment!

This winter was particularly cold. As the New Year was approaching, Xiyu felt a little unwell again. She couldn't get off the ground for several days. She saw that there was only a little rice left at home. The scholar was very anxious, so he went to some wealthy families to ask if he needed to write, because he was a very upright person and did not want to ask for anything from others.

The main reason why folk paper-cutting can be spread widely for a long time is the performance function of receiving blessings and welcoming auspiciousness. Regional isolation and cultural limitations, as well as the intrusion of adversities such as natural disasters, have inspired people's desire for a happy and happy life.

They learn paper-cutting techniques from their elders or sisters, and through pre-cutting, re-cutting, and drawing-cutting, they depict the natural scenes they are familiar with and love, such as fish, insects, birds, beasts, flowers, plants, trees, pavilions, bridges, and scenery, and finally reach the state of whatever they want. , cut out new patterns at will.

With that said, the old man told Xiyu how to master this craft.

The Chinese folk paper-cut art is like an ivy, ancient and evergreen. Its unique popularity, practicality and aesthetics have become an indispensable and important part of the divine culture of China.

Dust off the dust and see the whole story. Accumulating virtue and doing good will bring boundless blessings.

But those wealthy families were not interested in this, so the scholar had no choice but to go home hungry. Halfway through, it started to snow heavily, and the whistling north wind made the scholar feel particularly cold.