昭通汉族民间丧俗纸扎技艺及文化内涵

Zhaotong Han Ethnic Folk Funeral Paper Tying Techniques and Cultural Connotations

昭通汉族民间丧俗纸扎历史悠久,制作技艺独特,主要扎制方法是以细铁丝捆扎木质龙骨、竹条构成骨架,然后根据需要于外层裱糊蜡光纸、花纸、皱纹纸等纸质材料,并描绘各种图案和装饰物,最终形成立体、写实的形象。其作为一种文化象征符号在历史的丧俗文化积淀中构建起了“灵魂不死”的原始文化观念和“孝道”“实用理性”“宗教世俗化”等世俗文化观念两层文化内涵,并形成了叠加性和杂糅性的多元文化共时结构。

Zhaotong Han Chinese folk funeral paper tying has a long history and unique production techniques.The main tying method is to use thin iron wire to trap wooden keels and bamboo strips to form a skeleton.Then the outer layer is laminated with waxed paper,flower paper,crepe paper and other paper materials as needed,and various patterns and decorations are depicted.The final result is a three-dimensional and realistic image.As a cultural symbol,it has built up two layer of cultural connotations:the primitive cultural concept of “immortality of the soul” and the secular cultural concepts of “filial piety”,“practical rationality” and “religious secularization” in the accumulation of mourning culture over time and formed a superimposed,mixed multi-cultural and co-temporal structure.