Essay about newspaper reading and newspaper clippings

The reason why I fall in love with paper-cutting is due to my childhood life in the countryside. In the countryside, whenever there is a festival or a wedding, every house has to put up window grilles.

Country people are smart yet hidden in their simplicity, and smart yet hidden in their naivety. A pair of scissors and a piece of colored paper can fly out of the world. You cut a pair of cats, she cuts a tiger, and the two exchange each other, which not only meets the needs of the family, but also connects the feelings of the country people, and vividly expresses the simplicity and enthusiasm of the country people. I grew up in such an environment, being led by my grandmother day by day. The old grandmother is an expert at paper-cutting. Although she is dim-sighted, she can cut paper with such concentration that no one can imagine. Whether flying in the sky or running on the ground, they are so light and agile in her paper-cuttings. Her paper-cuts are simple and childlike, like Taoist priests drawing talismans, showing ingenuity and freedom in their randomness. Due to the influence of my ears and eyes, I developed a strong interest in paper-cutting.

I am a bit strange person. Once I recognize the truth of death, I will end up in an alley. When I first learned paper-cutting, my grandmother strongly opposed it. Out of simple knowledge, it was said that boys had no future in this job, but I was obsessed with it and always haunted my grandmother. The grandmother had nothing to do with her precious grandson, so she had to spread out some colored paper. Of course, paper patterns are needed at the beginning, which is equivalent to copying in painting and tracing in calligraphy. Gradually, I put aside the paper patterns and allowed myself to follow my own temperament. This interest continued until I was admitted to the county high school. Because I was busy with my studies, I had to reluctantly give up my love. After more than ten years, I almost never used scissors. If it moved at all, it was purely accidental.

After work, there is no time. Once I attended a colleague's wedding. When the car to pick up the bride was about to arrive, I realized that the word "hi" in red was missing, which made the whole room anxious. I finally got out of the woods by recommending myself. Since then, my paper-cutting has spread in the workplace. Therefore, whenever colleagues hold happy events, they often come to me for help. Some brought colored paper, and some simply brought a mouth. I was happy to obey, which naturally had something to do with my likes and dislikes. Therefore, I design carefully every time, striving for changes in the cutting method, fonts and surrounding combinations: some are dragons and phoenixes, some are bees and butterflies flying together, some magpies are making plum blossoms, and some are joined by couples... all based on traditional themes. It has the connotation of a happy marriage and good luck. When I admire my work, I feel a sense of comfort that I have never experienced before, like standing in a distant field and breathing the fragrance of the soil.

I have always been rigid, which is certainly due to my personality, but there are also times when I make fun of others. I have a friend who has a lively personality and likes to play tricks on others. I have suffered a lot from his disadvantages. When he got married, he naturally asked for the word "happy" from me. I included a paper cutout of a pair of cats and dogs hugging and kissing. The two things are cute and naive. It was originally just a joke, and I don’t know whether the person who posted it was intentional or not, but actually posted this paper cutout on the bedside table in the wedding room. It wasn't until the wedding ceremony was over and the bride and groom were blushing that they realized that they really couldn't laugh or cry. From then on, every time I talked about this, I couldn't help but laugh and curse.

2. Paper-cutting

How many little girls nowadays like to cut paper. Once I taught my students to cut paper in class. They cheered and jumped on the glass in front of them. It was covered with my own works. I was very moved when I saw this classroom that had become very folk.

Really, there are not many people I like anymore. Like girls in the past, there are not many people who can express their leisurely feelings with a piece of red paper and a pair of scissors. Scratching dolls in buns can avoid disasters. If you cut out an animal and stick it on it every day from the first to the seventh day of the first lunar month, it will mean a year of good weather and good fortune, and no big ghosts or little ghosts will be able to enter.

A very ancient and interesting legend, accompanied by the bright red window grilles on the white background window paper, ancient China is pure and elegant and charming. It's just that it has been washed away repeatedly by the years, and its soul has disappeared, and it is out of control.

In fact, it is a process of enjoyment. Lay out a piece of red paper, draw the pattern you like, use scissors to cut, dig out with the tip of the scissors, finely, each flower, each leaf, each eyebrow, and indulge in it. Situation, I don’t know how long the sun and the moon will last. Those detailed movements of the hands are also pleasurable, very primitive and clear happiness.

As for the cut things, even if some details are damaged and very unbearable, it will not show up at all after all the cuts are made. It will look good no matter what. It is childish in itself, and the beauty lies in it. The form is full of joy and very tolerant.

The same goes for embroidery. When I was in college, a very beautiful girl on the bunk opposite me once leaned on the bed and embroidered lazily under the sunshine outside the window. Silver reed, I have remembered that scene for a long time.

I always thought it was a lost fairy tale for girls.

Nowadays, everyone no longer likes to do this fairy tale, but my husband, as a loyal audience of mine, also loves it. When he has a whim, he accompanies me to do it, and he works hard, and his hands are actually better than mine. I am very proud to be able to cut out new patterns every time, and express my leisurely feelings occasionally. Until one day, he saw someone selling paper-cutting on the street. The very complicated and beautiful patterns cost only 10 yuan each. His sense of fairy tales was immediately hit, and he was dejected, complaining about the injustice of China's ancient handicrafts.

In fact, there is no injustice. None of us have the ability to maintain an ancient folk tradition. What we do for ourselves is just a game to kill the sun and the moon. No matter how much we pretend to be more profound, we are just looking for some Peace and mood outside of real life.

But sometimes I really wonder, if in a few generations we want to see these handmade, simple and beautiful paper-cuts, will we go to a museum?

What a shame that would be.

3. Deeply dreaming about paper-cutting in the courtyard

When I came back from Yun’s wedding, I thought more about the paper-cutting in her new house and the various colored window grilles on the window glass. The best gift we received when we traveled to Pingyao.

On a summer evening, bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun, we met in Pingyao Ancient City. The ancient city is really a bit old. The mottled walls show vicissitudes of life and desolation. Even the broken brick walls are filled with the smell of war. But I like the faint scent of vinegar and dust in the air, as well as the strong human touch in the art of paper-cutting.

After checking into the "Xirentai Inn", I looked for my room in the maze-like deep courtyard, passed through several winding corridors, and passed by "Flowers and Full Moon", "There is a Cave", "Skylight and Cloud Shadow", In the cabins such as "Tranquility and Zhiyuan", in front of the rolling shutter door with red lanterns and window grilles, I saw the words "Indifferent and Mingzhi". This is my destination tonight and the destination I have longed for throughout my life. After putting down the luggage, without having time to think too much, he and Yun went to the streets of the ancient city. Perhaps the night in the ancient city is the most charming. The red lanterns along the streets are lit up, welcoming visitors from the south and north with joyful smiles. The glass with window grilles is lit up by the indoor lights, and there are many warm thoughts in the hazy moment. Yun Ze and I rushed into the shop of Li Xiuying, a famous paper-cutting family, and spent most of the evening.

Yun was in the paper-cutting shop picking out different styles of happy characters for his wedding, while I was unconsciously attracted and intoxicated by the plain or colorful paper-cutting art. Those large or small, round or square, single or overlapping paper-cut patterns have bright and smooth lines, rich and concise content, and profound and spiritual meanings. They make people feel like they have entered the Garden of Eden outside the world of mortals. It is a kind of baptism for the soul after experiencing the worldly colors, the worldly sounds for the ears, the worldly peace for the body, and the worldly indifference for the mouth. Such as "Avalokitesvara with Thousand Hands", "Picture of Hundred Butterflies", "Eight Festivals of Kangning", "Harmony of Five Poisons", "Four Harmonies", "Double Happiness", etc., linking China's auspicious numbers with the solar terms of the year. It makes people more sincerely yearn for the mysterious harmony of all things in the universe and between heaven and earth; the flowers, birds, fish, insects, birds and animals are all lifelike, making people intoxicated in the harmony with nature and closely related to all living things. Paradise on earth; some representative figures such as "Sage Confucius", "A Dream of Red Mansions", "Water Margin", drama characters' facial makeup, etc. are lifelike and lifelike, which not only allows people to appreciate the mutual integration of art works while appreciating paper-cutting, but also feels the sense of paper-cutting. Art has a long history in traditional Chinese culture.

How do the skillful hands of folk artists bring together all creatures and folklore in the world under a pair of small scissors? It provides people with spiritual enlightenment, sentimental cultivation, and philosophy of life, which is breathtaking. Paper-cutting has the same ornamental value as stamps and sparkles, but it also has the value of beautifying life. During festivals, weddings, birthdays, and birthdays, window grilles in red, yellow and other colors are cut and pasted on the lintel or glass, which is fresh and generous, making the courtyard of one's home full of joy and vitality. In her warm paper-cutting home, Yun selected many exquisite paper-cuts for herself, imagining that they would shine together with her "Hundred Sons Picture" silk and satin bedding. They must be unique in style, with tradition embedded in fashion. When I got married more than ten years ago, I had all kinds of paper-cuts posted on the windows, door lintels, and bedside of my new house, but I just asked my friends to cut them. , there are not so many renovation tricks. There is still an extra-large double happiness picture of flowers and birds that says "Heart to Heart". It represents a ritual and a classical complex of traditional weddings.

The store was about to close, so we reluctantly returned to the inn. In fact, in Pingyao, the hometown of paper-cutting, paper-cutting is everywhere. Whether it is a restaurant, an inn, or a farmhouse, almost any place with a window will have a few paper-cuts pasted on it. The monochrome paper-cuts are rough and simple, and the colorful ones are Paper-cutting is graceful and graceful, and the patterns of paper-cutting often imply auspicious blessings. The rooster and ruyi patterns represent good fortune; the lotus and fish patterns represent more than a year; the "Eight Festivals of Kangning" represent peace and health throughout the year; the plum orchid, chrysanthemum and bamboo represent the integrity of a gentleman.

There is a picture of schoolboys playing on the window of my residence, which corresponds to the theme of "Indifferent and Mingzhi". On the wall of the house, there is a poem from the Tang Dynasty Zhu Qingyu's "The Near Examination on Zhang Shuibu": "The bridal chamber" How about putting on red candles at night, waiting to pay homage to my aunt in front of the morning hall, putting on my makeup and whispering to my husband, "The color of the eyebrows is as dark as the time?" It's a bit more elegant, and it seems to cater to the bride who is traveling to Pingyao for the first time. mood. Lying on your back on the bed, you can enjoy the starry sky on a summer night through the skylight on the roof. A feeling arises spontaneously. It is easy for a person to get lost in the ancient city. If you don't tell anyone where you are tonight, who will care about where you are and where you are going? Even if you tell your relatives and friends that you are in the ancient city of Pingyao, in a deep corner of this courtyard or in a hut, who will find it? Thinking about those paper-cuts, those birds, flowers, and characters that are alive and dancing around you, gracefully in the ancient city, and blooming in the dreams of many people, I feel much more at ease and quietly blend into the night of the ancient city.

"I don't know that I am a guest in my dream." I will definitely dream and get drunk tonight. I dream that I have become a bride in Pingyao for one night, and my drunk face turns into a paper-cut red face.