Lantern paper-cutting course

Lantern paper-cutting tutorial is as follows:

1. First, prepare a square colored paper with proper color, and then fold the colored paper in half along its center line.

2. Next, draw a half-lantern pattern on colored paper. Here we can use the auxiliary tools of the ruler to make the lanterns we draw look better.

3. Finally, use scissors to cut off all the redundant parts on the colored paper.

Lantern, also known as lantern color, is an ancient traditional handicraft of Han nationality in China, which originated in the Western Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago.

Lantern combines painting art, paper cutting and other techniques, including palace lantern and gauze lantern. From the modeling point of view, there are figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, lanterns for appreciation. Every year around the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people hang red lanterns symbolizing reunion to create a festive atmosphere.

The significance of paper-cutting:

Folk paper-cutting is good at combining all kinds of objects and images to produce ideal and beautiful effects. No matter whether one or more image combinations are used, they are modeled by "image implication" and "meaning conformation", rather than by objective natural forms. At the same time, they are also good at using metaphor and combining the agreed images to create various mascots to express their psychology. Pursuing auspicious metaphor has become one of the ultimate goals of image combination.

The main reason why folk paper-cutting can be widely spread for a long time is the performance function of accepting blessings and welcoming auspicious events. The geographical closure and cultural limitations, as well as the intrusion of adversity such as natural disasters, aroused people's desire for a happy life. People pray for ample food and clothing, prosperity, health and longevity, and all the best. This simple wish is conveyed through paper-cutting.