Chinese papers Bent
The objects of paper bent of China were to the origin manufactured for the funerals. Their clothing is a folk practice that combines the folding, the collage, the carving, the sculpture of the clay and the painting. Thanks to what, one can represneter a horse or of other current objects to answer the needs of belief of the population and those of the funeral ceremony.
The objects of paper bent can divide in four categories: The big funeral objects that one burns in the tomb before the funeral. The characters who can be the girls or the young virgin men, the characters of the traditional opera, or servers. These objects can also represent some buildings as the funeral house, the porch, or even of the vehicles. Finally, he can be of pure funeral objects, as récipents of food, of the offerings, of the objects of the daily or the animals of good omen. These objects of paper bent are achieved with big sharpness and often illustrate some topics very rich.
Two paper characters bent above on the drawing: one is a warrior, structural an armor. He has a long beard and a mustache. He is very beautiful and imposing. The other represents a young man who wears a red trousers and a long jacket. On his collar, he wears a bib in the shape of lotus flower of. On his jacket, are embroidered of the leaves of lotus. He takes advantageous poses. His picture looks a lot like Nazha, a young mythical character.


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