Paper-cutting and Haiyang paper-cutting have a long history in China. A long time ago, women cut them into "Fang Sheng" and flowers and birds with gold and silver foil and colored silk, and attached them to the horns of manes as decorations. Its paper-cutting skills and artistic effects are the first of the paper-cutting arts. Paper-making was invented in the Song Dynasty, and paper-cutting appeared in Haiyang folk. Due to the influence of long-term productive labor and environment, the broad masses of peasant women's understanding of natural images, coupled with subjective feelings, have formed a unique folk and folk art, and Haiyang paper-cut has been spread to this day and has been enduring for thousands of years. Haiyang folk customs have been simple and generous since ancient times. "Haiyang County Records" (Qingganlong Edition) contains: "The folk customs are simple and ancient. Where there are deeds, there are many qualities and few articles. " "Simple and honest" is the outstanding feature of Haiyang people. The Book of Old Wei Song contains: "Simple folk customs". Up to now, we still maintain the fine tradition of modesty, honesty, loyalty and hospitality. Due to the relationship between history and geography, the customs of Haiyang are slightly different in the east, west, north and south.
Sacrifice, folk sacrifice can be divided into offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, and its temple fairs, offerings and festivals are also different. "Sacrifice to God" The Jade Emperor built a shrine on the wall facing the main house, or set up a temporary shed in the courtyard to provide "the gods of heaven, earth, three realms and all souls really kill God; Chef, put an idol or brand of Chef on the wall of the East Kitchen, and say a good word in the next book to keep the world safe. Both the Jade Emperor and the Kitchen God pay homage to the Lunar New Year, offering 10 stuffed jujube cakes, double-sided sticky cakes, fruits and cakes. Fire is real, and it is sacrificed on the 18th day of the first month. Land, sacrifice on the second day of February; Emperor, sacrifice on June 24th. The offerings are all 10 jujube cakes.
Sacrificing ancestors, on New Year's Eve, people usually hang new seats in the north of the main hall, or hang their wishes on the surface of the seats, or put God in front of the seats; The extended family provides them for the guest room. There are still small ancestral temples and family ancestral temple of ethnic minorities, which are called family ancestral temple by distinguished officials and nobles. There are roughly three offerings: soup, rice, tea, wine, jiaozi, fruit, cakes, cakes, sticky cakes, four plates and ten bowls, which are called dishes; Add pig's head, raw cock and raw tenderloin, which is called three sacrifices; It's called pig and sheep sacrifice, and it's for the whole pig and whole sheep instead of three animals. Sacrifice fee, (1) appearance fee; (2) Unified arrangement by the head office, in accordance with the obligations of branches; (3) Issue by type and form. After liberation, the wind of sacrifice was gradually abandoned. Since 1980s, there has been a revival of burning incense paper and offering sacrifices to ancestors in rural areas.