The Research Of Folk Model Symbols In Shanbei

YanChuan, a county locates in the loess plateau hinterland in China, has a long history offolk art activities since the primitive period, specifically, a number of original and under thebanpo folk culture works had been unearthed in this region. YanChuan, surrounded with loessand crossed by the Yellow River, is the start point of ancient Chinese culture.In the fields of Yanchuan symbolized paper cut art, there are natives who believes inhemispherical dome, the knowledgeable scholars, professors and visitors from all over theworld, the vast landscape and clouds, and the most importantly, the dedicated hand makingworkers. Yanchuan is famous as the birth place of the Yanchuan symbolized paper cut art. Thesymbols of Yanchuan act as a bridge between the subject and the object. In the process ofperformance, communication, learning, and then the creation, through the maturing of thesymbols’ form and colors, and the interaction with people, profound changes have come to theoriginal symbols.All the varied modern technology, the breakthrough of forms and materials and theapplication of traditional light and sound bring the new and original factors of this new era tothese Yunchuan symbols which arouse people’s senses of wonder and curiosity and promotethe public participation. The difference between the modern symbol form and the traditionalones reveal the potential of Yunchuan symbols which could develop to strong comedy, humor,and interesting, emotional works. Even the bizarre works which could be appreciated andexperienced by people, which shows the public’s demands.The writer analyses the features, characteristics and the public visual feeling of the objectsfrom four aspects which are paper cut, the wood engravings, the cloth sticker paintings, andthe shadow play. The analyses include the base, the modeling, the scale, the size, the colorcollocation methods and the real processing, especially for the public’s feelings of identity,consolation and spiritual identity. The writer is searching for the right way to guide andeducate the public, and how to let the public look art activities as a better, happy and cordialart performance of the entity.