The origin of window grilles

1. Window grilles are paper-cut pasted on window paper or window glass, which is one of the traditional folk arts of Han nationality in ancient China.

2. The origin of paper-cutting: The origin of paper-cutting actually started a long time ago. At that time, people tried to use some graphics to record notes and present content, but there was no paper at that time, and people could only record some information on bronze wares, bamboo slips, animal skins and other carriers. With the appearance of paper, these creative patterns began to transfer to paper. Through this comparison, we can see that the origin of paper-cutting comes from the pattern recording method of our ancestors.

3. Paper-cut history: Paper-cut art has its own formation and development process in China traditional culture. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, people made handicrafts on some thin materials by hollowing out and carving, which was popular long before paper appeared. Although it is not made of paper, it is exactly the same, laying the foundation for the emergence of paper-cutting in the true sense. It is said that China's earliest paper-cut works can prove this point.

In the south, stick grilles is more popular for weddings, while stick grilles is more popular for Spring Festival in the north, especially in Fengning, Hebei. If someone doesn't visit stick grilles during the Spring Festival, people will know what may have happened at home. Of course, in most areas, stick grilles is mainly to express the celebration of the New Year and the yearning for a better life in the future.