The Research On Paper-charms Of Dali And Modern Design Application

The paper-charms in Yunnan area comes out on the ideology of the pursuit ofideal life and the mindset of draw on the advantages and avoid disadvantages.Paper-charms is used as the carrier of common folk belief activities. It is burned aftersacrifice to eliminate disasters and bring happiness. Most of its content and subjectcome from religious beliefs, folk beliefs, primal magic and so on, sending outclassical, clumsy, plain, vigorous, mysterious and straightforward artistic glamour.Paper-charms in Dali area is originated from Han culture. Combined withYunnan’s local culture and art, it finally formed unique artistic characteristics.Nowonder it is called the wonder of the folk art. Paper-charms belongs to one of thecategories of folk art and it is also one of the important carriers of folk activities. Theessay will explain the hidden cultural connotation and folk significance by its usagein the local area. Paper-charms’s diversity in modeling artistic characteristics providesa rare creation material for modern art workers. At the same time, its unique elementsprovides certain feasibility in its application in modern product development andresearch.According to paper-charms’s application in local area, this essay classifies andsummarizes the art by strict fieldwork and collection of paper-charms, then analysesits art characteristic and try to use it to do further application research in modernproduct design research. At the same time, this essay will combined with the author’sart work to analyses and explains the feasibility and application prospect ofpaper-charms element in modern design.