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Functions of China Folk Art Paper-cutting

Every Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, winter solstice and other festivals, or weddings, births, birthdays and other occasions, all kinds of auspicious and festive patterns are cut out of red paper and decorated on doors and windows, or placed on dowry, bride price and birthday gifts to increase the auspicious atmosphere. Posting means directly pasting on doors, windows, walls, lanterns and ribbons for decoration. Such as window grilles, wall flowers, ceiling flowers, cigarette lattices, lantern flowers, paper-tied flowers, door stickers, etc.

Second, it is used for decoration, that is, for decorating gifts, dowries, sacrifices and offerings. Such as happy flowers, flowers, fireworks, candlestick flowers, fragrant flowers, Chongyang flag and so on.

Thirdly, embroidery patterns are used in clothing, shoes, hats and pillows. Such as shoe flower, pillow flower, hat flower, bib flower, sleeve flower and suspender flower.

Fourth, printing and dyeing, that is, as a printing plate for blue printed cloth, used for clothing, quilts, curtains, bags, bibs, headscarves, etc.