Dali Jia Ma / 大理甲马

[[DaliJiaMa|大理甲马]] is the folk-print and ritual image practice introduced near the end of 171.闲聊十二生肖之马：观音大士的兴趣爱好,及老头环角色的灵感. The episode describes it as a woodblock image tradition with Daoist and Bai religious layers, originally printed on paper for ritual burning and later widely adapted into decorations, souvenirs, phone cases, and new pop-culture motifs.

The horse link lies in courier logic. “甲马” is explained through passes, postal movement, and fast spiritual service: the image acts like a ritual document or messenger that can carry requests where ordinary people cannot go.

Key Claims

• Dali Jia Ma turns horse speed and passage rights into ritual infrastructure.
• The episode treats folk art as living material: old forms can absorb new figures such as mecha or Cthulhu-like imagery.
• The practice connects Horse Cultural Symbolism with Chinese Folk Religion Layering because religious, regional, and commercial meanings coexist.

Connections

• Horse Cultural Symbolism - horse-as-courier symbolic frame.
• Horse As Civilizational Infrastructure - practical transport logic transformed into ritual transport.
• Chinese Folk Religion Layering - adjacent folk-religion concept.
• Mythic Source Layering - method for handling new motifs inside older forms.