Dough Modeling And Wedding A Study On The Art Of Dough Modeling

Folk fine art plays an important role in decoration art. As a vital folk modeling art traditional dough modeling has its unique style.Marriage is a big event in one's life, especially traditional marriage, which is seen as the priority of everything in each family. Wedding customs over dynasties in our country have been greatly influenced by Confucianism, which have been becoming more and more troublesome and complex. In the bustling wedding conventions, many amazing folk fine arts have sprung up. Xiaxian is one of the wheat planting bases, so flour-made wedding articles are indispensable.In Xiaxian wedding modeling, red and green are two major colors, which could satisfy people's psychological pursuit for "bustle", so as to achieve the bright and lucid decoration effect. In the form of modeling, dragon and phoenix, phoenix and peony, lotus, Chinese plum, pomegranate, swallow, and opera characters are popular. Processing techniques make full use of the plasticity of wheat dough. Its style is simple for the purpose of creating all characters in the nature in the briefest way. It is simple but has not lost its soul. The choices of models and colors in Xiaxian folk wedding dough modeling represent the common people's aesthetic interest, and offer us the reference in modern design.The thesis gives an account of Xiaxian traditional wedding dough modeling from four aspects: origin, types, art features and cultural connotation. Through the collection and sorting out of traditional wedding dough modeling art both in the past and at present, the inner elements in folk dough modeling could be utilized in new art forms.