Consolation Of Aesthetic Imagination

This paper selects the land god type in the folk paper horse in Neiqiu County,Xingtai City,Hebei Province as the research object,and carries out symbolic research on its image,including symbolic analysis and the determination of symbolic value.In the Neiqiu,the birth of the land paper horse has a specific reality and belief environment.The local people created the god of the earth in accordance with their own practical needs.Later,this concept of need was reflected in the construction of images of the land gods and paper horses.The image of the Land God Paper Horse is mainly composed of the Lord God and other visual symbols.The Lord God is both the center of the picture and the main object of expression.The visual symbols such as the attendants and the figures all exist as the image of the Lord God.The main god is the god of the earth.The image itself is like a symbol and code.It has the symbolic meanings of “power”and “blessing”.The appearance,clothing and props that are the elements of the main god also have symbolic connotations,but in the final analysis,From the "power" and "well-being" two aspects,in order to achieve the reality of the people need services.The image of the Land God Paper Horse is not a simple aesthetic art,but is associated with a wider range of folk belief background and social life significance than aesthetic meaning.The people of Neiqiu sacrificed the land and gods in two ways: the family offerings and the temple offerings.Various practical needs were realized in the aesthetic imagination of the images.The result was enough to eliminate the psychological anxiety of the individual believers,and to cultivate the morals of the people.The maintenance of the order of production and life has played an invaluable and positive role.This is why the Neiqi paper horse has survived to this day.