Lantern Festival paper cutting

Lantern Festival paper-cutting is a traditional folk art in lingbao city.

In Lingbao, every Lantern Festival, people decorate lanterns with paper-cuts, which is called "lantern paper-cutting". During the Han and Tang dynasties, folk women began to cut flowers and plants with gold and silver foil or colored paper to beautify and decorate their lives.

On the Lantern Festival, people decorate lanterns with paper-cuts, especially lanterns. The upper, lower and main parts of lanterns should be decorated with carefully carved paper-cut patterns, and a paper-cut named "Walking Man" should be attached to the fire umbrella in the middle. Mainly based on myths and dramatic characters, with a strong sense of movement.

Cultural characteristics:

Lingbao paper-cutting is divided into monochrome and dyeing, and the production is mainly paper-cutting, and there are also ways of engraving paper. In the long-term development process, Lingbao paper-cutting naturally formed a rough, simple, frank and vigorous artistic characteristics. Window cut is the main form of Lingbao paper-cutting, with flowers, birds, insects, fish and people as the main theme, and its style is simple and elegant.

Top flower, corner flower, wall flower, kang screen flower, double happiness, snuff, potted flower and potted flower are also common forms of Lingbao paper-cutting. These works are often closely related to folk wedding customs, and are often used to decorate wedding rooms and convey good wishes such as happy marriage and many children.