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The Cultural Connotation Of Prayers And Innovative Forms Of Folk Pillow Top

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  • Xiaoxiao Du

    (School of Fashion, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 451191, China)

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As a kind of folk art, pillow top has rich cultural connotation and innovative vitality of expressions. By analyzing the auspicious symbolic elements of pillow top art and emotional expressions such as praying for wealth and fame, beauty and love, blessing and longevity, good fortune, and reproductive worship, this paper extracts the pattern and color matching elements suitable for innovative design to show the forms of expression. The theme of pillow top pattern is mostly auspicious symbols representing auspicious meaning, which is reflected in people’s daily life, that is, the emotional expression of blessing culture. The culture of praying for blessings continues to modern times and has permeated people’s daily life. Pillow top art can seek innovative forms of expression with the help of its rich emotional language and auspicious symbolic elements, and with reference to the successful cases of Taiwan’s cultural and creative products.

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  • Xiaoxiao Du, 2021. "The Cultural Connotation Of Prayers And Innovative Forms Of Folk Pillow Top," Cultural Communication and Socialization Journal (CCSJ), Zibeline International Publishing, vol. 2(1), pages 5-8, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:zib:zbccsj:v:2:y:2021:i:1:p:5-8
    DOI: 10.26480/ccsj.01.2021.05.08
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