“seven female children” are traditional folk images that are popular in china, born of native mythical beliefs and the people's pitiful expectations of reproduction, and are widely presented in such vehicles as annual paintings, paper cutting, folk stories, local plays, etc., and are typical representatives of the theme of “blessed sons” in folk culture。
The core narrative of this image stems from the extension of the popular belief in the seven fairys, the traditional myth that the seven fairys were made from heaven, as the storytellers knew in their desire to connect the pyrotechnics of the human race with the tungsten. In the course of the folk show, the people have gradually given him the mission of “gift for the children”: seven divine women, who hold or carry healthy children, are often accompanied by good things, such as joy, the cloud, the pomegranate and the peaches, and bring peace, well-being and good fortune to the family. The versions of different regions will be adapted to local features, and some folk shows will be accompanied by images such as tritium and sonic pronunciation, which will further strengthen the cheon shwee properties。
As a sign of folk culture, the “seven girls” are used extensively in traditional societies. At the old weddings and birth-related ceremonies, seven annual paintings and paper clippings on the subject are regularly posted, and the elders send the fabrics with the relevant marks to the newlyweds as an expression of their blessing on the early birth of a noble child and the flourishing of the family home. Some of the local plays and folk songs have the same title. They are mostly about the goodness of the seven women, the blessing of the world, and the music of the festivals and temples。
With the development of the times, there has also been a change in the folklore of the “seven female handlers”, in which backward feudal procreationalism has been gradually stripped away, and more of it is now retained as traditional folklore aesthetic symbols, and the related annual paintings and paper clippings have often been included in the intangible cultural heritage project, which has become an important sample of traditional folk beliefs and aesthetic preferences。
