A long history of the totem

"Grasping Ji doll" as "grasping Ji Doll" is popular in the Yellow River Basin of the Loess Plateau folk paper-cut flowers a mission, the regiment took the center of the Loess Plateau is the symbol of protection and propagation of the Division of the universe, the god of "grasping Ji dolls." The arms have Beas Shenzhi, reproductive investment potential, Touzha double Ji Forum, the lower body scissors down Yu Yang male, female head with the corresponding two-Ji, Yin and Yang Yi Yu its gender is the unity of heaven and earth god of the universe. Scissors positive, is the worship of evil spirits Rang Shenzhi way to disaster. Min Yan says: "cone cut for peace, Wudu Nian out." Chinese folk art in the eyes of the universe, the god of the sun, civil as peonies for the Suns, the decorated with peonies binocular. Shuangru god of the universe for the binocular cicadas, cicadas for animal reproduction Shenzhi, YU Zi Sun Wanshi reelected continuously. Sheng around for the lotus symbol and symbols, "Sheng who is also Health", is also a symbol of reproductive and multiply, lotus represents many of the positive symbols.
Local Minyan this is the explanation: "Tong Li Lin from the osmanthus, the sons and daughters of pro-pro-nephew, blowing Sheng Jin Chan-sheng, a generation older generation Gengen," "persimmon wishful Babao-sheng, Lotus guitar-take root." The god of the universe have their hands around yin and yang, Beas, Beas tail intersection for the first 000 words of wealth that is the first of future generations continue to extend the life of symbols, the double bottom around wishful geometric symbols, is a well-known Jixiangruyi life symbols, With the title of grass around the rabbit God together, is the local Minyan of "grasping wishful Tuer, brothers and sisters move" means. Rabbits, homonym of spit, is son of God, the symbol of our future generations and multiply. Double-double wishful rabbit, which means even the son of Health, the equivalent of the Loess Plateau when people get married Baitian De likes to sing songs, "both of Walnut both date, both children ran full kang, the boy to good health, wearing Lanshandaiding son; custody woman To Coincidentally, pomegranates Peony take the hinge. "
Paper-cut paper-cut explanation of the Lao Tainiang meaning, said: "a cut in the Road to interesting." If one is a window grilles Xintian You northern Shaanxi folk songs, such as complicated as "grasping Ji doll" can be called civil Paper-cut in the symphony. It was 6000 before the Yangshao culture of Xi'an Banpo painted pottery pots, "Beas people face," variations of the symbols.
The Loess Plateau in Gansu's Longdong Town Folk Paper-cut "Beas dolls", is about yin and yang, Beas. This fish around the Beas to grasp Ji dolls paper cutting, in Qingyang, Gansu Province, Gansu is can be seen everywhere along the Loess Plateau, its cultural content and artistic form is the same. Luochuan area of the Loess Plateau in Shaanxi to grasp the snake and the dragon dolls Ji Ji grasping doll, its meaning is the same. Folk art in China, fish, snakes (Long), the same frog, are interchangeable. Banpo painted pottery Beas people of Shaanxi, Shanxi, Gansu folk art works in the face of the Beas people grasping Ji dolls dates back to Banpo unearthed in Shaanxi in 6000 before the Yangshao culture of painted pottery, "Beas people face" logo. It is easy to live it and hunting and fishing together, that it is primitive society Banpo people hunting and fishing reflect the true portrayal of life, and netted around on both sides of the two symbols are considered symbols fishing nets. As the only painted pottery on the head, according to this line of thought then it was described as follows: "two nets were open, two body into the water, leaving only Xiatou and shoulders remain in the water outside. As part of feet underwater to see Unclear, so instead of painting, but you can get from the map in China and Italy will be underwater Moyu. They take on both sides of the crowded Wai touch, to net fish to escape. Moyu people because all the attention in the underwater So subconsciously, a binocular-This is the real face Moyu then, is one of the true Moyu Weimiaoweixiao map. "(" Opinion on几幅painted pottery patterns "," Central Plains Heritage "in 1987 [1]) However In my opinion, the primitive society and folk art creators are groups of common cultural symbols password to express the Chinese philosophy of the primitive.
Do not understand China primitive philosophy, they do not understand the philosophy and symbols password, it is impossible to interpret China's art and archaeology of folk art. Fish to be fair, folk art groups to create the concept of the Beas, in fact, not a natural attribute of the fish, it is the concept of yin and yang attributes of the fish symbol, painted pottery pots Center Liangtiao Yu rotating in the opposite direction, the fish is a kind of yin and yang Central rotation That life eternal life off going and future generations the concept of symbols. Folk art in the Beas people face-painted pottery basin Beas people who face, this area popular with the Yin and Yang Ji Beas and grasp the unity of folk paper-cut dolls echoes, the performance of the ancestor of life in the universe is God. It's a closed eyes (Banpo painted pottery were unearthed in the face) Yizheng (Jiangzhai painted pottery were unearthed in the face), this is not the natural shape of the eyes, but ideology eyes. Of the universe to God's eyes opened that day, Yang, day, is closed up, overcast, night. In Chinese folk art, an eye for an eye to the sun and the moon or the sun is the concept of a universal, Poyi paintings of rural farmers in northern Shaanxi painting, painting people's eyes and face painting tiger, the eyes are painted circular, Painting in the round eyes Yanbai the middle, not to be obscured from top to bottom eyelid. Their eyes shut is that the moon, the sun is opened, so to draw a bright, painted in luminous. I think this is the concept of the original group.
"Net" symbol Chinese folk art in common a "net" symbols, is a primitive society to the world today, the popular meaning of life is going symbols, is mankind's common cultural genetic code. It is spread over thousands of years in China's "double-smug" symbol, also known as "nosy" symbols, and variations of the name of its extremely rich. Unearthed in Shaanxi's Xi'an Banpo-Yangshao culture "of people with fish," painted pottery pots on the so-called "net" is the source symbol "10" symbols and "X" symbol. "10" is the superficial sun symbol, but "X" different, "X" on behalf of the rotating sun symbol and rotating symbols of the universe. The former is a square, the two sides and the box-shaped symbol, which is netted and diamond symbols, the so-called net symbol of life.
For thousands of years, these two types of symbols to the extremely rich variations in West Asia, China and even worldwide epidemic, including the accumulation in the Community, life rituals, customs and festivals, folk beliefs, taboos social life. We tomb stone relief from Shandong can be seen in the title of the Red Bird Luo Dan book, Banpo painted pottery decoration is the "net" sign. The spread of northern Shaanxi folk "-gourd" and "snake-nine eggs" pictorial, Hebei civil "gossip" and "gourd sets Founder," Weihe River Basin dolls pomegranate Zhenshang relative of both the "snake-nine eggs" (that is, "Health and Long-9"), the popular Perry today's society and played in front of the bed in the room, "Chinese knot" This is the so-called "net" sign. "Chinese knot" and so are its variations. Northern Shaanxi people's fanaticism flourishing of the Spring Festival each year to nine folk activities, and take the Jiugong gossip is the road map.
China's western hinterland Buer Da muddy soil Valley Hill area of Baja hair rock paintings in the ditch and the sun symbol that appears relatively nets life symbols, are still in the western Gannan, Qinghai and Tibet and Qiang regions on both sides of buildings and tents as Jixiangruyi Symbol widely popular. With the introduction of Buddhism from India, the Jixiangruyi as a symbol of Buddhism, "Babao" one of the symbols, widespread in China. Wen painted pottery and dance "five dolls" paper-cut in 1973, in Datong County, Qinghai Sun Wen Jiazhai unearthed painted pottery pots of dance, Neolithic Majiayao type is a typical representative of one of the Yangshao culture, its main symbol is hand in hand The doll, a group of five, a total of three sets of symbols. In Chinese folk art and are often seen in this pictorial. The dance was named Wen painted pottery pieces of design, by some scholars as the dance scene dancing hand in hand, but I see it show in northern Shaanxi Lao Tainiang, they said this is "five dolls", not " Dancing dolls. " In northern Shaanxi it called the "five dolls", that is what God five parties in the north and south, in northern Shaanxi is the witch customs activities over the past frequently used in paper-cut. Doll disease, with five yellow sheet of paper cut hand in hand "five dolls", with wicker provoked, Niannianyouci from patients lying on the Kangshang拂过, and then claimed 22 American lives and a bowl of water, the five parties of God burning Cheng Hui, scattered over the bowl, while holding a doll clothes, dolls shouted the name of the way, the water pouring in five Road, and then shouted the name of dolls come back. At that time, people believe, so that the disease will be good dolls. This paper-cut Some also Xuanyu lintels cast for the home town of evil spirits, called "handle dolls", the number of some seven, some three, five or nine, but must be a positive singular. Some of pumpkin and black bean component, called "melon seeds dolls", affixed to the interior, the town is also home to evil spirits.