Month: May 2013

Wuhu iron picture, also known as iron ornamental work, Wuhu, Anhui famous traditional arts and crafts. Aka “Tiehua. According to legend, the Department of the late Ming and early Qing Wuhu, Anhui blacksmith Tang Tianchi created, and then gradually spread to Beijing and Shandong and other places. (Another iron picture production originated in the Song Dynasty, popular in the Northern Song Dynasty reign of Emperor Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, Anhui Wuhu iron picture to self-contained one said), and gradually Cosmopolitan theme renowned figures, landscapes, flowers and birds. The form of three-dimensional and quasi-three-dimensional. Varieties In addition to the vertical shaft, hall, banners and strip screen frame (generally), as well as an aggregate four into a

lamp iron picture lights.
Basic interpretation
Forged iron picture] using metal plates and wire welded into a picture of a craft, usually painted black or brown-red.
Explained in detail
1 describe bold calligraphy. The Song Linguang toward Rhyming was of Hu Shilang state balance “:” to actually hooks of silver, and iron picture, according to legend rambling to the days of the South. “See” iron picture hooks of silver.
Kind of arts and crafts. Constitute a picture of the lines labeled using metal plates coated with black or brown-red, made hanging screen, hanging lamps. Legend has it that the late Ming and early Qing the Anhui Wuhu Blacksmith Tang Peng Chong, and then gradually spread to the field. Qing Yuen Kwai Sang “Tea remaining passengers, then” Volume XVII: the past in both doors, for three paintings poetry. Wuhu iron painting, Raozhou magnetic draw, Songjiang fire strokes clear land to Tian “cold Lu miscellaneous knowledge · iron painting” : “Wuhu Tiegong Tang Peng, rubbing iron painting, bamboo flowers, birds and insects, the best song cause but also landscape barrier hearts softened range of wood hanging wall or cooperation surrounded by a light hammer cast of the clever before this yet. ”
Basic Overview
Iron picture
“Welcome Song”

“Welcome Song”
Iron picture lines, and then welded together a cast-iron into works of art. Ink learn Chinese painting, the art of composition, layout, lines, simple, effective, vigorous and quaint. Iron painting process combines the ancient gold and silver empty flower welding technology, drawing on the strengths of paper cutting, wood, brick, combines traditional Chinese painting pen and Italy and tricks of light and dark contrasting picture, three-dimensional sense of strong, unique in the ancient arts and crafts. Tang Peng is the author of iron picture, is a pearl in the treasure house of Chinese arts and crafts.

Types of iron picture
Iron painted traditional Chinese painting black and white charm of the United States, Western painting structured three-dimensional beauty. Iron picture of many different types: wood and stone, mountain scenery, flowers, birds, fruits, vegetables, in short, who were able to draw on paper, iron picture available to show its charm. The Great Hall of the People has also hanging a huge iron painted pine. Iron picture of one of the unique arts and crafts style. It folk paper-cut, sculpture, mosaics and other art techniques dissolved as a whole, with Chinese painting permissive, black and white contrast, with actual situation, otherwise some fun.
Iron picture varieties are divided into three categories:
One for Kampf little scene
Multi-pine, plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum, Eagle as a theme, such iron picture liner framed, hanging above the whitewashed wall, more dignified and eye-catching.
The second category is Dengcai
Usually 4-6 iron picture within the paste to the paper or Sujuan in burning silver candle, dazzling, moving the soul of God.
The third category is the screen
Mostly landscapes, simple and elegant, spectacular.
Famous in the world
Wuhu

Wuhu brink of the Yangtze River, convenient transportation, was the one of the four rice markets in China, the ancient iron industry developed. Developed iron industry and superb forging technology for the creation of Wuhu iron picture innate basis and conditions.
Wuhu iron picture
Wuhu iron picture hammer pen, ink iron anvil paper, wrought iron painting, gods, the spirit of heaven. Wuhu iron picture a long history, unique style, exquisite workmanship, skilled known to the world. Iron picture began in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty Emperor Kangxi years by Wuhu Tiegong, Tang Tianchi with Wuhu painter Xiao feet, wood temper from each other, has been 340 years of history. Wuhu iron picture from the painting, Xin’an school of painting simple, put pen to paper thin fresh the odd stubborn style Lengqiao basic artistic features, it is pure hand forging technology art. Iron as raw materials, the red furnace smelting, forging, drilling, lift pressure welding, filing, cutting skills made. Three-dimensional beauty has both the charm of traditional Chinese painting and sculpture, but also show the flexibility and scalability of the steel is a unique style of art.
Wuhu iron picture has participated in the World’s Fair in Paris, France, the plastic arts exhibition in Budapest, Hungary, and went to more than 20 countries and regions including Japan, Kuwait, Italy, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong exhibition. 1959 ~ 1960-year-old the artist Chu Yan Qing and several disciples production of large-scale iron picture “Welcome Song”, of Meishan Reservoir and iron calligraphy “Patio Spring Snow” and other works are arranged at the Great Hall of the People. Wuhu iron painting after 340 years of heritage and development Kampf small King in the traditional forms of painting, light, on the basis of screen and record there are three-dimensional iron painting, bonsai iron painting, painting iron porcelain and gold-plated iron painting, forming a seat screen, mural , calligraphy, decorative furnishings and cultural amenities such as five series more than 200 varieties, with its distinctive art style and charm, is unique in the art world.
Historical development

Origin
The production of iron painting originated in the Song Dynasty, popular in the Northern Song Dynasty. Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, Anhui Wuhu iron picture was self-contained, and gradually renowned the world.
The production of iron picture is very complicated, and very fine. Its materials are mostly lackluster iron, artisans hammer ghostwriter, iron knock out a rough shape, then crafted a hammer hammer iron trim and form, and then cut with scissors some modifications. The most sophisticated processes to the number of welding, the welding is different from the general welding, it is pure silver plus copper powder, little by spot welding, can not have any slack. It’s not finished, we still have to paint the hit made-shaped iron picture. Will be painted iron picture went through a sour water cleaning, rust, and then sprayed with black paint. When the paint is dry and then nailed to the white on the floor, an iron picture before they are made.
Iron picture originator
Iron picture originator Tang Tianchi, the name Peng Ming Jue, Lishui County, Jiangsu Province, local people, youth for Bibing shortage and living to the iron rule of the township – settle in Wuhu, Wuhu iron industry flourished, and because they concentrate a lot of skilled iron workers, so Minyan “the iron to Wuhu from Gang” in the world. Lease the soup beginner ironwork skills, Qing Emperor Kangxi, Qianlong Scholars Huang Yue’s great-grandfather of the street facade, self-iron industry workshop. Wuhu is both water and land transportation routes and material distribution center, near one of China’s four famous Buddhist Jiuhua Mountain, not only thousands of businessmen gathered in endless streams, during which many pilgrims, they are happy to share Wuhu Tiepu in production color and sale of iron squid, iron lantern, as the mountains with Jingfo. Tang Tianchi also made from the sale of these products. Then iron ornamental iron Lantern, transplant to first “rule of the thin and thread analysis, meaning flexion and extension”, and then the hammer calcined landscape, Takeishi defeat charge, Cui Liu cicada cicada. Guo cable embellishment position as Dan-home “, made of” landscape flowers, each extremely wonderful “unique artistic style iron picture.
Tang Tianchi made iron picture, landscapes, figures, flowers, birds, trees, iron hammer ghostwriter when the ink “hot calcined cold, rubbing iron from a complete picture of the half-relief, separate painting appreciation of the arts products. It is different from the single branch Tiehua. Because iron ornamental work just ulterior motives flower, instead of a picture; also different from the iron lantern on Tiehua that Tiehua, just attached to other artifacts decorative. Iron picture appeared immediately by the people’s attention and love, not only the locals buying the very people who, even outsiders also heard the name “far off the purchase of the”; favorite not only for ordinary people, “ho home smile Pour gold cheap, purchased for “play”, vegetarian Bi Ya Tang Tianchi iron picture are Mingzao the inter-lords “.
Tang Tianchi made in the early iron picture, many of the small diameter feet King and skills might not be mature artistic effect is not ideal, as more artistic, technical sharp iron picture more complex, especially the sharp iron landscape painting accommodate the large scene , is even more difficult to produce, and cherish landscape failed “,” Law no way to the heart of worries “soup the Tianchi very sense trouble. Just because of the soup Peng calcined stove and Xiao-foot wooden o “, and Xiao-foot wooden Wuhu, a painter, painting crude with works fine, ink simplicity net, see the spirit Shudan, his landscape painting unique style. Soup he wanted to ask for advice from Shaw, to help solve the “technical” and “Art” fusion method. So often to a Xiaojiayingzi see the painting, learn painting techniques and screen “operating position” art processing methods, so that references to iron picture made up. In addition to the “glimpse of the date of its pull ink potential”, when the see the exquisite, “taste decorated concept Shaw painting”, business also disregard. In addition, Tang Tianchi think Xiao-foot wood painting is very suitable fumed iron picture, they “Wang Yi Xiao feet wood, find the draft.
Painter Xiao-foot wood, see soup often to see the pictures, it feels studious and Yicheng teach, meet the requirements of the soup, “Xiao Jun hidden Germany, such as Shen Zhou, always focussed on poetry and entertainment Kiyonaga, soup made urgent please conuterelectrode requirements cracked as less pen forest thick. Hanshan temple should be late autumn, between Cui Liu Wei boat, look true to the stylus Qiu, fruit and Shaw painting and no other is not. This artistic iron painting is greatly improved. Capture due to the combination of master ironwork and artists, Artistic Mood, get rid of the “too like” unimaginative, iron picture to “Vivid” artistic effect. Therefore, people are soup “hammer cast of the clever, before this No iron rule of God work. This art scene anecdotes which have been handed down. Qing Emperor Qianlong lifts, Shijiang degree beam with soup Tianchi iron painting fighting spirit, emotionally said: “This technology can also be a metaphor to learn the research wearing Tiechu Wuru whetstone”. Reed descendants, but also for iron picture two songs with friends joined in the chorus.
Tang Tianchi iron made paintings handed down very little is currently known only “Four Seasons bird” (the Tibetan Palace Museum), the cursive couplet “eye curtain bamboo dew, rainy night long blue bud” (possession of Anhui Museum), Landscape Mountains and Yanai (possession of Zhenjiang City Museum).
Since the iron picture “Mingzao the lords”, “ho home smile pour gold cheap, soup fortune, however, put soup Tianchi” sexual decadent forced therefore, is not to promote. So he is still living in a poor folk ironwork. After the sometimes the Provisional late call it a day, it demonstrated to buy wine to get rid of the day’s hard work. Clear poet Wei Qian Heng not without sympathy to sing: “pity poor clever take days alone, Jiang Tian Higurashi the drinks empty. Even worse, toiling year to the end of the year took even the rent can not pay, had to go for iron picture arrived. Great-grandson of the owner of the house, Wuhu painter Huang Yue, “Tang Peng iron picture song, cited in the book noted:” the Peng word Tianchi, Yue local people, young Wen Tai Fu words in great detail, the beginning of the lease houses in the first great-grandfather, very poor. “So when Huang Yue see its collection of soup the Tianchi arrived for rent iron picture, can not help but generously sigh:” My family has a Estate Pro village Kui, the Tang long lease cord is not remuneration, Suizhong often in order to draw investment, light screen alone candlestick possession of closing. ” From these data, enough to clank ironwork qualities of soup Tianchi.
Tang Tianchi used to be a blacksmith, but he was not satisfied with the achievements made in the ironwork skills, and then pursue higher wrought iron. Restricted by various conditions, but the courage to overcome difficulties and to ask, study hard, and eventually became the generation of iron picture guru.
Iron painting artists
Chu Yan Qing, Anhui Tongcheng County the Zongyang town, was born in the Qing dynasty twenty-eight years – in 1902, the World of the iron industry, there are six brothers and sisters, he ranked fourth. Six years old when his father died, the uncle home to cattle. The age of twelve, the mother’s death, the Big Brother Big Sister have also died and five younger brother, sister went and told when raising daughters-in-law. His young life without, had led the young girl begging on the streets day. The neighbors are very sympathetic to the misfortune of his brothers and sisters, after the introduction of neighbors Westernization Movement, storage into Wang YJ and blacksmith shop as an apprentice. Apprentice expires in 1917, three years, was introduced to the Anqing a the surname Yang Tiepu helpers. 9167 the boss a the Tiepu Yang in Wuhu family and friends Yokichi years to the Wuhu West Garden Yang Tung Hing Tiepu journeyman in 1920. Due to the disagreement and leave. After living on the streets at night will be perched on the old Temple, associating with a group of beggars. The Chu Yan Qing from beggars chat folk legend that The of Wuhu Iron Works in the Qing Dynasty Tang Tianchi created the iron picture, also know the twists and turns after Tang Tianchi to improve the level of iron painting to the painter Xiao feet, wooden study painting. The story said the blacksmith, while he is also a blacksmith, it is of particular interest, particularly deep memory, iron picture, but have never seen a blacksmith to learn the idea of ​​painting.
Chu Yan Qing treasures handed down green bamboo hanging shade the second year, when he heard that opened in the Temple Pier Shen Yising Tiepu boss, nicknamed Shen fat will blacksmith painting, will be the central person thanks to Shen as a teacher, school blacksmith painting. Previous years blacksmith career, he quickly mastered the forging, energize and stack-shaped ironwork techniques. So, after a year of study hard, and he is able to wrought iron picture.
In April 1949, the Wuhu municipal policy based on the literature and art of the CPC Central Committee, explore the arts and crafts extensive investigation by the City handicraft department visit, had just learned that Chu Yan Qing blacksmith painting skills, but does not operate more than twenty years this industry , and is also the only surviving iron picture artists. Now has nearly 60 years, has also been out of practice skills, if not rescued, iron painting skills will be on the verge of death of people the arts must “danger. Wuhu municipal act decisively, the designated City handicraft Bureau grasping iron picture recovery. Chu Yan and the Bureau of Technical Division sent celebrate the formation of iron picture recovery group, storage emotion deep said: “I am a long pole ‘a’ word, understanding dissatisfaction bear the blacksmith, the party and the government think highly of me so I must take iron painting skills sacrificed to serve the people. ” After organizing equipment, the purchase of raw materials, to collect data, design drawings, select the apprentice, and assemble a small hospital in their own behind the house red furnace, set up a stake, with apprentice who after six months of trial forging a drawn White Snake “Broken meet” iron picture was born. Storage and apprentice who happily carried Phi Hung wounded iron picture the good news to the municipal. Wuhu municipal government leadership, the warm reception they express my sincere congratulations and encouraged again to improve skills, play more beautiful iron picture. Iron picture after a successful trial, the attention and support of the provincial leaders, and to appoint Anhui Normal University, Department of Art of Wang Shicen Song whistle Tiger two teachers to plant the help design drawings and workers in the iron painting art education, to improve the artistic quality of the iron picture. Storage and two teachers from morning till evening, talk about the fusion of Chinese painting and iron picture, talk about the performance of the iron painted artistic conception methods. When iron painting artwork designed forged teachers, two teachers are on the spot to explain the Red fireside painting should forged document intended artistic effect. Storage and apprentice therefore not only mastered the knowledge of painting and master Yi Hui and forging technology fused together in the skills, the skills to improve very significantly, growing friendship between them became close friends, this artist The ironwork cooperation, beat the Qing Dynasty Interfax soup Tianchi. Produced during this period “Guan Shan Snow Ji”, “Huangshan Lotus peak” and “Eagle Song”, “Butterflies and Flowers”, “Cowherd and laugh joy of” the iron painting, artistic level higher, to be selected and invited to participate in Budapest held the [ socialist countries plastic arts exhibition and held in Paris [World’s Fair] by the Chinese and foreign parties spoke highly of iron scrollwork reputation.
From 1957 to 1959, Chu Yan Qing continuous attended Anhui advanced handicraft producers representatives, national handicrafts old artist forum, the National Congress members. Crafts old artist forum, service personnel to the Chairman Zhu De Chu Yan Qing iron picture artists, Zhu Peng Chu hand clenched asked iron picture, Chu tells the story and liberation the Qing Dynasty Wuhu Tiegong, Tang Tianchi blacksmith painting after explore Wuhu recovery after iron picture. Zhu Peng hear Chu said with a smile: old storage, the poor are always aspiring Tang Tianchi is an aspiring soup Tianchi iron picture is really good, of course, very good, but as long as we work hard , we will be more than he can! “Soon the New Great Hall of the People in Beijing ordered a number of large iron painting interior, this task is to lead the storage apprentice went to Hefei model factory forged. Chairman Zhu De visited Anhui in 1960, once again met with Chu Yan Qing, hold on tightly to the reservoir hand and said: “Three years have gone, your soup the Tianchi blacksmith painting story, still remember in my mind you blacksmith painting how about the team? “listened storage reporting and then said:” old reservoir, ah, you see, we are old, undertakings have the time to consider the problem of the lack of successors iron painting process should make a train successors ah 1959, Chairman Mao Zedong visited Anhui Province Museum display iron picture, said: “very good” and “gallop” iron picture of the reservoir produced before the Provincial Party Secretary Zeng Xisheng photo. 1962, the years of his sixtieth Chu Yan Qing, iron painting is excellence. Also woodcut, paper cutting, gold and silver jewelry inlaid techniques, dissolve in your the iron picture production skills, forged encountered in artistic technique, often and painter Wang Dancen, Zhang Zhen-an, near Xuan Huang, yellow leaves village and the heap painting old artist Wu Si Choi-grass the the old artist Xie Whitewater explore. Best efforts to iron paintings artistic largest improve, but also experience unreservedly pass on to apprentice to. In 1964, Guo Fu Peng to plant visit, he carefully watched the iron picture wrought process, Liansheng Zan said: “is a creation, a creation!” And immediately wrote the play “to iron to create a beautiful picture, iron will create great Chinese inscription, spoke highly of the contribution of iron painting and iron painting artist. In the same year, Chu Yan Qing elected to the Third National People’s Congress, Beijing meeting, dining and state leaders at the same table, sitting next to China’s last emperor Pu Yi. Face of these circumstances, emotionally storage, a myriad of thoughts, I thought: “I am from a beggar to a poor blacksmith to have this highest honor, the kindness of the Party my timbers is difficult to repay the grace of the party. after return to the factory, it was said: “iron paintings achievement today, can not forget the old storage credit.” Afterwards he said with deep feeling: “Without the Communist Party, nor did I today Chu Yan Qing.”
“Cultural Revolution” began shortly iron picture is said to be the “seal, owned repair” black “. Iron crafts, painting smashed, arts and crafts information is destroyed, process plant is to motor vehicle plant, Chu Yan Qing first persecution after the transfer to go to the door, the other apprentice were forced to switch. Mining, after a lot of hard work to sort out the iron picture, so knife cut. Chu Yan Qing witnessed all of this, Anger into the illness, he was lying on his deathbed, always thinking about the fate of iron picture repeated to yourself: “iron picture is the party of hard work culture flowers.”

1973 Urban leather, according to the central spirit of the document, leather vocabulary (73) 08 files, arts and crafts factory in Wuhu City approved the formation of a motor vehicle factory iron painting artist and the other two units, iron picture to resume production. Chu Yan Qing and apprentice were ecstatic the storage body weakness after illness, led the apprentice to the National Arts and Crafts Exhibition. “Pine Eagle,” Huangshan Landscape “and other fine and the traditional popular type of” four gentlemen “,” gallop “iron picture. However, during the “Cultural Revolution”, the mental and physical suffering from serious destruction, and a septuagenarian, Yan Qing ill again, multi-treatment failed, and finally passed away on December 28, 1974, at the age of 72-year-old. Generation plays a key role continuity flourish “on the inheritance and development of the iron painting artist Chu Yan Qing died, the funeral committee received the National People’s Congress, United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, Light Industry Department of Anhui Province, Wuhu City People’s Congress, the Wuhu City Handicraft Bureau and other units and reserves the friend of the deceased sent wreaths, deep-induced mourning.
The existing female savings Xia master inherited the iron painting skills, and establish the Reserve’s iron picture of its brand iron painting skills to flourish. Wuhu and Shenzhen office.
Making skills

Wuhu iron picture hammer pen, painting wrought iron, gods, artistically heaven, and highly skilled. Wuhu iron picture from the painting, the Xin’an School put pen to paper thin relatively simple, the style Lengqiao odd dead art features, pure completion of the hand-forged. Wrought iron as raw materials, the red furnace heating, forging, drilling, lift, made of pressure, welding, filing, chisel and other techniques. Wuhu iron picture both traditional Chinese painting charm and three-dimensional beauty of the sculpture, but also the flexibility and scalability of the performance of the steel is a unique style of artwork. Wuhu iron picture hammer pen, ink iron anvil paper, wrought iron painting, gods, the spirit of heaven. Wuhu iron picture a long history, unique style, exquisite workmanship, skilled known to the world

Commonly known as “A horse. The ancient ritual offerings currency, later changed to even horse (Trojan). The form of a paper horse is essentially a woodcut prints in black and white, because it only exists in the community and the difference other book illustrations, prints, Buddhist, Taoist scriptures prints, we call it folk prints. Of course, Folk Prints should also include the year painted doors. Paper horse, also known as “A Horse” or “A horse paper” to Yunnan Folk Art Research called “A horse paper, which is originally collected folk prints Baoshan, Tengchong, Dali and other parts of western Yunnan of the Folk call from Then followed ChengSu. But as far as I surveyed the other regions in Yunnan, such as Southern and central Yunnan, in northeastern Yunnan, and even nearly western Yunnan Chuxiong but had their own nickname, by contrast, generally referred to as “paper horses”.

Explained in detail
Statue of paper used in the worship of the old customs, offering complete then incinerated. The ancient ritual offerings currency, Qin vulgar, later changed to use Trojan horse.
Tang Yu paper currency, paper horse to worship the spirits. Later stereotype of colored paper Indian god statues for sale, the name paper horses. Or that old painted statues are painted horse on it, that the deities ride with, the paper said horse. Also known as a horse.
Don Valley Son of God “Bo different ambitions · Wang Changling”: “see the boat the hide, Naiming Ji wine candied, paper horses and offer him the King.”
“Journey to the West” Forty-eight back: “﹝ Chen Cheng ﹞ I wish thy burnt paper horse, back of the house without question.”
“The Scholars” twenty-eight back: “send of this SanSheng paper horse, burning paper to go to the grave.”
“The Tale of Heroes” second three times: one into two, when joss sticks, lucky paper horses in the early preparation of the yard. “See” Old Tang Yu Chuan, the Qing Wang Tong “know new record” Juanba, Qing Zhao wing “Gai rest Textual paper horse.”
Allusion
Tang Yu paper currency, paper horse to worship the spirits. Later drawn on paper statues, painted in color for sale, offering both completed the race burning of paper, that the horse. Or that the yore painted statues in the paper, are painted horses that ride with, so called “paper horses.
“Song Li Zhi” 27 Hutchison Khitan He is their Queen into service after burning paper horses, for crying thing. The old shops specialized in selling this type of burial objects that paper Mapu. See Song Meng veterans, the Tokyo Menghualu · Ching Ming and Qing Zhao Yi Gai I Textual paper horse.
Local customs
“A horse, paper horses, not mixed with that.” One of Chuxiong rural townships’ (shaman) do this, the author explained. According to the records of investigations, where popular paper horse of a set of six, by the Kitchen God, god, Tuzhu goalkeeper, Bridge of God, fire and water the gods, known as “horse Soulstealers”; referred to as “a horse” about; “Shun A horse and down a horse.”: picture painted in horse called “Shun A horse “, and its role is” welcome God “; horse after the person called” inverted A horse use, you must also Malay five Shun A truck in five directions; “inverted A horse is extremely powerful, dedicated to exorcism addition to haunting another “townships” and said: “A horse is dedicated to” Deception catch life “character” of the paper, the rest are referred to as “paper horses seen the paper horse A horse differ.
Suburban and rural areas will be printed in Kunming Yu called “a horse” closed doors paper, other each have their own title, “Heaven and Earth paper”, “Luna paper,” Fortuna paper, etc., collectively referred to .
The paper horse “or” highly profitable paper in the Red River area, the collar striped paper, a set of 36, which does not contain a printed paper “A horse” horse, and do not repeat. Other have their own titles, the such as “off San paper,” The Joy of God paper “and so on.
Dali some places before making such a profession “jargon” said the paper horse “paper horses plate board, rather than” A horse. Northeast Yunnan July 15 ancestors burned paper paper horse. << Water Margin >> the Huizhong 39 description bicyclist Daizong in feet tied “a horse”, used up the number of street joss paper burning sent, this is undoubtedly paper horses for the purposes of this spell specialized paper character. << Water Margin >> does not indicate such paper breaks collectively in the Song Dynasty. We see today where the book “A Horse” paper breaks, there must be the image of the horse, Yu faster mean. Familiar with the paper horse people know that paper horses in the application of highly targeted, burn to send a paper horse under what circumstances, there are certain rules. For example, you buy a paper horse, you say: I want to buy a paper horse. Sell ​​paper horse people will think you are an outsider. Q: To what? Mean is, if you want to please the God of Wealth, buy Fortuna paper. And so on, quite the right medicine taste!
“Dream sorghum recorded in the selling department store, one line of business is the” paper horses Shop Shop, which with described above Dali in some parts of the paper horses is the same strain.
Thus, the so-called “A horse is only paper horse group, has its special role of significance, called in local areas is not a substitute for the national title, Beijing, Shandong, Jiangsu, Hebei, mostly referred to as” paper horse. ” So, I think the Yunnan academia, this should also be unified call in order to avoid confusion on the name, not to mention all over Yunnan folk also correct to paper horse.
Yunnan paper horse is widely distributed, is still openly or secretly printed for sale, for the rural masses and the religious beliefs of some town residents required. I have the original the old tact Street and the suburbs of Kunming in Kunming Interview Survey part of the sale and the staff of the printed paper horses. General sale and printed paper horses are suburban farmers. Have the impression that in a conversation with the seller.
General rural young women (rarely get to know the use of paper horses for sale in the young man) opponents, is known, however do not know what the situation, they are engaged in the sale and purchase only as a sideline, older or old knowledge is slightly rich, she (he) be able to explain some of the content and purpose of, were able to go to the spell is a deep pass on their way witches, Kunming is called the end of the public “Mistress”, these people large number of Tibetan woodcut original printed paper money, paper horses, and they are proficient in both folk religion (superstition) for craft activities, such as paper cutting, paper models, figurines. The above object the vast majority of rural workers, as auxiliary means to make a living, there are individual living alone in some places as the main source of income to make a living. Buyers are to buy a certain kind of what they need, obviously religious belief in “superstition”. From these cases, we basically can be seen: and know how to paper horse is the meaning of those immersed in the faith of religion (superstition), depending on the kind of goods is closely related to the illness and death of themselves or family members. Paper horses exist in Yunnan and other provinces in the Mainland of paper horse are not the same, some articles in the paper horse shows, the vast majority of domestic paper horse, have become-old words.
Yunnan why still today are thriving to spread it? Probably with Yunnan buried environment occlusion of a long slow development, the process of certain ethnic history of the region lags far behind the majority of domestic sake relevant. Even after the “Four Olds” basic lifestyle and mental state of the people and at the end is fundamentally different from many recent rural areas had returned to traditional customs and beliefs. Yunnan has been called “sky high and the emperor is far away” said the old remote villages of “modernization”; little is known about; most fundamental reason is that some new ideology “God” authority to replace the old gods of all the ghosts. Of course, the another Wan surface, with the deepening of social reform, people’s values, outlook on life is playing changes, “paper horses” what has been very little understanding of modern rural youth; Once these old people go to History, Yunnan paper horses will mostly become ruins.
Yunnan paper horses dominated by Han Chinese, ethnic minorities, in addition to Dali Bai, Chuxiong Yi, not paper Mazuo Xin Yang medium. The Yunnan Han moved from the Mainland since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, at the same time has also brought the traditional economy and culture of the Han nationality, durable and stick to the force of the Han culture, the performance is very prominent in Yunnan Han; Since the Ming Dynasty, due to a huge influx of Han Chinese Yunnan, and people of all ethnic groups mixed, economy and culture of the Han widely disseminated, Yunnan old Ting Zhi Fu Zhi County fully reflects this. This article highlights only a few paragraphs to prove that in fact.
Cultural values
The late well-known scholar Mr. Zheng Zhenfeng and Mr. Lu Xun is the first dedicated researcher of ancient Chinese prints, they had to cooperate in the collection and publication >> << Peking memo spectrum. Mr. Zheng Zhenfeng especially unique vision and extraordinary perseverance collected and published, the catalog >> << the history of Chinese prints, due to the limitations of the times and the focus of researchers different printmaking history illustrated catalog << >> Featured the history of Buddhist scriptures prints, drama fiction illustration, Mr. Zheng Zhenfeng most respected the extremely perfect genre prints Ming Dynasty. In his << Brief History of Chinese prints >> article to the vast majority of space detailed introduction to the achievements and overall appearance of the Ming Dynasty prints, in fact this is a history of Ming Dynasty prints, there is the reason for the information, Tang, Song, Yuan’s prints data between almost a handful, but the Qing Dynasty prints, the years painted doors or many can list, after researchers in this regard have anything to add. Such as special research and collection of painted doors of Mr. Wang Shucun of >> << A Brief History of ancient engravings on paper horse just mentioned.
But the mass production of many popular New Year, God, Buddha paper, carved, and seems otherwise specialized workshops organization or group. Paper horses is completely omitted. The contemporary published << Complete Works of art history version of the picture >> also followed the style of Mr. Zheng Zhenfeng, also known as the main Ming Dynasty prints, and simply the New Year completely omitted, paper horse is not catch a single word. Us today and then to the depth and breadth of art history and see, however, think that should be involved to a paper horse, because the paper horse with pure traditional woodcut black and white prints of the art form, and the large amount and wide range, it is the art of the working people, regardless of the authority agree or not, it is the presence of a.
Pot paperweight horse

Gold Takemura guandi temple temple has two main surprise: First Class Lohan, burning paper horse. We might as well look at Lohan classes of components: Rohan class team minutes before team after team. Lohan classes of transducers and props: the former team God streamers, Xiang Ting, coins cable (commonly known as a meteor), large pioneer, gongs and drums. After the team Rohan flag (ie, the troupes the flag Qigongkangxian Qigongkangxian banners), four forks, sticks, spears, shield, mace, pole, Thunder Shui, Bell Fork, Rohan top. You see, more than a hundred mighty Lohan classes, both large momentum flag number, but also to be versatile in a variety of weapons. As if a pair of ancient military team equipment. Look Rohan class team row of the matrix method, Bagua Zhen, serial array, the array of plum, Longmen Zhen, junction word array, 4D array, Luo array. This array, but also imitate the ancient use of troops array ones. The flag moving away may sound, voices everywhere, this is the evolution of ancient wars matrix method. Lohan brightest martial arts classes, is fantastic: single fight stick (stick dance), demolition stick (double sparring). Spear and shield drills by more than teenagers lined up side team competition with each other. Still the dance pole, double mace dance playing Thunder Shui, solo dance stool. A routine called single swing hand is played with eighteen young guns arranged in a square Luohan. Fluttering Yi Mei, the power and influence of the tiger, just like the Shaolin Temple disciples down the mountain. Rohan class performances finale pyramid. Pyramid to stack three or four lowermost circle of wall most Jingzhuang man, stand on another hand with each other, barricaded a metal pail-shaped circle. The second layer, slightly less, step on the first layer on the shoulder of the man. The third circle of people less. If I speak of height, has reached more than four meters. The top layer is by children dressed as dramatic characters Lohan top. Well-behaved children to play Rohan top handsome, courageous. Lohan top kids how to go up? , With something called the Luo Hantuo dry-shaped wooden stand, from four directions at the same time care. Up, standing on the shoulders of adults facing outwards arm in arm, to form a circle. Looking at the blue sky and white clouds against the background of Rohan top, everyone is worried about them. But the children grinning, still people move, surrounded in a circle. Pyramids, some Diecheng to the well-shaped, and some Diecheng basket-shaped, as well as the quartet built the arch, but also full of tricks. Arts Lohan team and, finally, performing bypass. I had the privilege to see it once. It was wonderful! Bypass of his Jingzhuang Lohan players, first to a certain distance in one direction standing. Per person on top of each ride, With the abrupt burst of gongs and drums, on top of the man body gradually tilted back. Note that this is riding backwards in others Jingbo, a shake shocked, surrounded by spectators, not worried about you? But backwards slowly downwardly extending his hands, he just seize the another backwards thigh. A row of man, so connected as one and a bridge, but also a spectacle. With the barricaded bridge of this song after another, the cheers of the audience, but also like a wave, a wave wave height up. People barricaded bridge, to play Rohan top boys and girls, adults surrounded by people on the bridge came one after another. This bridge is not like wood-deck bridge so good to go, foot up, soft, shocked a shake. As a bridge guy, then must summon the gas, hold on. Tie waist belly, the stampede to withstand the weight of 40 kilos children, nor is it feel better. At this time, the case of the altar, have been too close to the sound of gongs and drums, cheers, shouts or screams. In short, like a boiling pot lively ball. At this point, Rohan class performances reached a climax. Those who have seen the golden bamboo Lohan classes show people who do not tongue praise! No wonder the golden bamboo Rohan team, performing to Lishui City, performing to the provincial capital Hangzhou.
Another Aspect of gold Takemura guandi temple temple Ying paper horse, burning paper horse. Guan Gong war to mount. Is February and March, the golden bamboo with neighboring villagers, in order to honor the hearts of hoping, often in front of Guan Gong promise of a paper horse. Votive on May 13, will have to personally carry the the paper horses to Guan Yu Temple to burn incense and kowtow. This paper horse, a real horse is so high, bamboo tie papered, paste Red Rabbit horse, the rouge horses, or large white horse, according to the preferences of each. Gold Takemura paper horses than three and five, but in droves. Because four villages, almost every family has promised a paper horse, or even the neighboring villages relatives, Xu Guan Yu Temple, golden bamboo paper horse. May 13, you go to the gold Takemura streets everywhere the heads held Yang Mei horses. Golden bamboo paper horse is famous because Ying trips, three to four hundred, both connecting from Jin Jin four villages fold meandering along the the Jinxi shore streets, zigzags, red and green mottled really spectacular . You may wish to imagine: ancient Bed, gurgling streams, a head only horses, the mane of a plume every now and then, swaying side banner, the cries of abrupt percussion, composed of what a touching folk Figure ah! Even more unheard of has ever seen, Showing off in front of burning paper horse scene. The village provides the paper horses to burn after three o’clock. So eat lunch, people will bring their own paper horse sent Showing off in front. The first time I watch the paper horses in the nineties of the twentieth century. Remember Guan Yu Temple of paper.