From ancient times to the present, every household has to stick paper-cuts for the New Year. When did this start?

China is the birthplace of paper cutting. It not only shows beauty, but also has close ties with traditional culture. It is a treasure of China folk art. Through paper-cutting, we can see local customs and lifestyles.

People pay special attention to the paper-cutting activities on Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, February 2nd, Dragon Boat Festival and July 7th, which are usually used to express joy. There are three forms of paper-cutting during the Spring Festival, namely window paper, door paper and wallpaper. Window grilles, as the name implies, are paper-cut pasted on windows, which is the most common form. Every Chinese New Year, every household wants stick grilles to show good luck and celebration. Window patterns are mostly based on ancient and modern figures, auspicious animals, precious flowers and plants. With a simple pair of scissors and a piece of paper, a large number of paper-cut works with exquisite tailoring and rich flavor of life are created. It vividly expresses people's festive and happy mood.

Window grilles are the most widely distributed and popular among folk paper-cuts. No matter the north or the south, they will go to stick grilles during the Spring Festival. Window grilles are in the form of decorative corner flowers at the four corners of the pane, which are folded with branches and flowers. More freedom, all kinds of suitable models. In short, the arrangement of window panes adapted to different shapes is different, and there are good wishes to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and accept blessings.

Door paper, in the types of paper-cutting, except windows, doors are the most widely made and used. Door paper is a group of paper-cut pasted on the crossbeam of doors and windows during the festival. Also known as hanging money, happy paper, hanging money, red paper and so on. It evolved from the custom of trimming the spring flag in the Tang Dynasty. It is shaped like a national flag, with a big sky and a wide outer edge. Spread out below. Most of them are carved on red paper, and there are other colors or colors. Paper-cutting is closely related to Spring Festival. Li Shangyin, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, once wrote in his poem: "Engraving gold is the best way to inherit the Beijing School, and engraving green is the style of gold." Both "classic customs" and "golden style" in the poem point out that this style clarifies the customs and habits of Jin people. After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the time to open the window to welcome the Spring Festival changed from beginning of spring to Spring Festival, and people used paper-cutting to express the joy of celebrating spring.

Therefore, from ancient times to the present, every household has to post paper-cuts during the New Year, so that we can have a good understanding of paper-cut culture and pass it on to this day.