When the Mid - Autumn Festival comes, besides the delicious mooncakes, all children are attractracted to many traditional games. Among these, there is "paper mask" - the most sophisticated toy!
Let's find out the origin and meaning of these special paper masks with trochoitapthe!
Let's find out the origin and meaning of these special paper masks with trochoitapthe!
According to the legend, from the period of Dong Son culture 2000 - 3000 years ago, the old Vietnamese made mask by using various materials such as phloem, animal skins,... Later on, when man discovered paper, the material commonly used for these masks were switched to paper.
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| Paper mask story |
To create a mask, workers must stick 5 - 6 layers of glued paper into the inner area of a mould. Then, they take off the glued paper and let it dry for one day to get the germ of the mask. Next, workers paint the mask and when they paint each of color, they must dry it before they paint the next one. They keep repainting the colors 5 – 6 times to make beautiful mask.
Workers always create paper masks based on traditional characters such as Tam Cam, Thach Sanh, Son Tinh – Thuy Tinh, Mr. Dia, Thi No – Chi Pheo, Ton Ngo Khong, Tru Bat Gioi, etc... so children feel close and familiar. All paper masks are handmade so they deliver the message of difference and uniqueness in life. Not only that, this is a way that workers transmit their love of children, their love of traditional culture to the next generations.
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