中英雙語話中國民風民俗 第26期:婚姻中的剪紙藝術

Paper-Cut in Wedding

婚姻中的剪紙藝術

At wedding ceremony,paper-cut "Fish playing around lotus，" "Fish biting lotus，" "Lotus bearing seeds" and "Happy dolls"（baby with coiled hair holding a pair of fish) are pasted on the ceiling of the bridal chamber.

在婚禮儀式，剪紙“魚戲蓮花”，“魚咬蓮花”，“蓮花結子”和“快樂娃娃”（捲曲的頭髮的寶寶拿着一雙魚）被粘貼在洞房的天花板上。

Fish, being a proliferous legendary animal, is often used to symbolize having multiple children. A yin-yang paired fish became a cultural code in Chinese folk art works.

魚，是傳說中多子的神獸，常常被用來象徵有多個孩子。配對的陰陽魚成爲中國民間藝術作品的文化代碼。