Features And Women's Inheritance Contribution Of Shanxi Folk Dough Statues

With wide distribution and great variety, Shanxi Dough Statues possessed spectacular patterns in folk arts, intense regionalism and synthesis. Though with crude production tools and in simple production circumstances, Shanxi dough statues have reflected people's real life, becoming the carrier of people's life, belief and culture with its mold exaggeration and vitality. Shanxi folk dough statutes has been inscribed into the lists of Shanxi immaterial cultural heritage since 2006, which prompted us to rescue, preserve, inherit and develop this kind of folk art. The main subjects of this thesis comprise the art features of Shanxi folk dough statutes and female contribution and inheritance. Based on large amount of field investigation, beginning with the distribution, catalogue, mold-making and art features of Shanxi dough statues, this paper applies cross-analysis of multi-discipline and multi-perspective to the whole research and study, which include several aspects:1. Art Features of Shanxi Folk Dough Statues. This part of content mainly analyzes the craft and mold-making features of dough statutes.2. Cultural and Art Features of Shanxi Folk Dough Statutes. The development and existence of dough statutes can't be separated from the folk customs, which are individual art forms, important parts and inheriting carrier of folk culture. This chapter will give a comprehensive and delicate analysis and research to the art features and folk culture of dough statutes.3. Female Contribution and Inheritance of Shanxi Folk Dough Statutes. It is women who not only inherited the ancient folk art by making use of several teaching skills including explanation, models, demonstration and spirit, but mainly produced art of folk dough statutes, and created the art continuously in history as well. However, with the development of the whole society and the earthshaking change of people's lifestyle, more women work outside home, and there is no more time and ability for them to produce dough statues, which then was faced with vanishment and disappearance.According to the analysis and research, this paper aims to supplement and develop the theoretical and practicing study of Shanxi Dough Statues, then to some extent helps to rescue, preserve, inherit and develop this immaterial culture heritage.