1, Shanxi gongs and drums. There are dozens of kinds of drums in Shanxi, among which the Shanxi Weifeng Drums and Gongs are representative. The Wei Feng gongs and drums are popular in Huozhou, Hongdong, Fenxi and Linfen areas of folk square art, featuring "Wei Feng": from the configuration of gongs and drums to play, the organization of the playing team, performances, dress, all in the display of Wei Feng. In 619, Li Shimin fought against Liu Wuzhou in Huozhou and won the battle by beating the drums and sounding the gong, so the gongs and drums were passed down.
2, paper cutting. "Guangling Window Flowers" is famous for its realistic modeling and exquisite carving. The raw material is a single snow-white rice paper, and the tools are several carving knives of different sizes with beveled blades. The knife is used to carve out the finished paper-cutting products, and then dyed and colored. Folk craftsmen are very concerned about the knife carving and coloring techniques, to take the main yin carving, Yang carving as a complementary approach to the finished product. Coloring with a good white wine coloring, mixing darker colors can add a small amount of alum.
3, face molding. Shanxi folk face painting is mainly on the sky, earth, God's worship and prayer, is the embodiment of the ideal of life. Face sculpture in the shape of consciousness, most of the abstract, faith, ideal. Those dedicated to heaven and earth are called jujube mountains, and those dedicated to the god of the stove are called rice mountains and flower cakes, all of which are larger in shape and are called rice noodles into mountains.
4, the fire. Want fire is a custom in the northern part of Shanxi Province. Every New Year's Eve and the Lantern Festival, in front of the courtyard of every house should be built with a large piece of coal into a tower, called Wang Huo, for good luck. Inside the wood, outside the big red strips, written on the words "Wang Qi Chong Tian" and so on. When the firecrackers go off at midnight, the fire will be lit.
5, the kangwai painting. There is a fixed program for the composition of the kangwai paintings. There are two groups of sidewalks above and below, which are arranged according to certain specifications to form the main frame, and the center is arranged with various paintings at equal distances. It has the decorative form of complete symmetry and the expressive connotation of contrasting simplicity and complexity. The part on the kang is the main part, and the potting table painting, stove painting, and wall painting are the outer parts.
Expanded Information:
Shanxi, also known as the "Three Jin", anciently known as Hedong, is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation, with a documented history of 3,000 years, and is known as the "Cradle of Chinese Civilization". It is known as "the cradle of Chinese civilization" and "the museum of ancient Chinese culture". Liu Zongyuan called it "the mountains and rivers in the table".
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