开在剪刀上的民间艺术之花——论庆阳剪纸的历史渊源及其文化内涵

Folk Art Flowers Blossom on Scissors:On the Historical Origin and Cultural Connotation of Qingyang Paper-cutting

庆阳民间剪纸艺术在相对封闭独立的历史文化环境中,以家庭为传承单元,以女性为传承主体,经过了漫长的历史演进,创造了一个古老神秘、鲜活独特的乡土艺术世界。其在实用装饰、社会民俗、巫术民俗等诸多类型的剪纸中保存了大量远古的文化信息,完整地反映了氏族社会时期的图腾崇拜、半人半兽崇拜、祖先崇拜、生殖崇拜的历史进程,也承载了以祈福禳灾为主题的古老的巫术民俗,为探讨远古人类社会的精神生活提供了环节完整的自成系统的民间艺术参照。

Living in a relatively closed and independent historical and cultural environment, inherited by fami-ly, and taking women as its main inheritors, Qingyang paper-cutting folk art has a long history and has created an ancient, mysterious, and unique local art world.It preserves great deal of ancient cultural information with various forms of paper-cuttings such practical decoration, social customs, and witchcrafts.It not only fully reflects the clan society historical process of totem worship, half man and half beast worship, ancestor worship, and worship of re-production but also displays the ancient custom of witchcrafts which take praying as their theme.It, therefore, pro-vides a systematic reference for exploring spiritual life of ancient human society.