Talk about the "money" hanging on the door in our hometown.

In fact, the professional name of money is: hanging paper, also known as "door paper" and "hanging money" It is a traditional paper-cut in China and is called "money" by China people. It is hung on the lintel and also on fishing boats during the Spring Festival. The earliest hanging paper was an ornament for ancestral home, generally the number of hanging pieces.

In the past, people were superstitious that it could keep peace, and they wrote many books, such as Good Weather and Peaceful Country. There are five colored banknotes in a hall, and Qian Wen is carved in the middle. It is characterized by the shape of a pennant with a broad outline, monochrome and multicolor. Its patterns are mostly regular geometric patterns and patterns with auspicious contents. More often, it is to combine Kyrgyz characters, one by one, or one by one, and hang them in sets. It is said that Jiang Taigong made a rule for the poor god when he sealed the idols, that is, when he saw those broken idols, he would come back. People are afraid that the poor will enter the house, so they specially cut out the paper and put it on the door to prevent the poor from entering the house. Some people say that Chinese New Year is celebrated in ancient times. Hanging peaches to exorcise evil spirits, later generations split the peach symbol into two and turned it into a door pair and a door color. Door Color is today's hanging note.

Yangzhong has a tradition of hanging money since ancient times. Every New Year's Eve, every township market has a special place to sell lanterns and couplets. The production method is to press hundreds of red paper together, and the top one is painted with blue paper. It was cut with a professional tool similar to a sculptor's carving knife. The small one hangs at the door, about the size of two palms, and the big one is about 80 cm high. Usually, before lunch on New Year's Eve, men put it up at home, and then they worship their ancestors and have a big lunch.

Generally, five pieces are hung on the lintel of the gate, representing the east, west, north and south, and offering sacrifices to the gods in five directions. Leaflets are posted on walls, cabinets, wardrobes, wells, pigsty, water tanks, posts and trees.

Later, the buildings in Yangzhong became more and more upscale, and gradually withdrew from the historical stage after the 1990s. But as an art form with local characteristics, it should be passed down and passed down forever.