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What are the three forms of Chinese New Year paper cutting

What are the types of paper-cutting

One, according to the pattern of paper-cutting classification

Figures, birds and animals, words, utensils, scales, flowers and trees, fruits and vegetables, insects, landscapes and so on.

Second, according to the characteristics of paper-cutting classification

Expressed as the moral of the subject matter, can be divided into: blessing of good luck, fear of evil, evil, exhortation, warning, fun and other seven categories.

Third, according to the use of paper-cutting classification

Decorative (stick on it for appreciation or to increase the beauty of its paper-cutting, such as windowpane); secular letter class (used for rituals, praying for blessings, fear of disaster, fear of evil, repellent paper-cutting, such as the door god); draft mold class (used for the version of the mold, dyeing and cutting, such as embroidery); design (can increase the beauty of its paper-cutting, or can promote its paper-cutting, such as film or television credits)

Paper-cutting can be divided into: nagi blessing, evil, exhortation, warning, fun and other seven categories. TV credits)

Four, according to the regional characteristics and style classification

Famous are Shandong Binzhou paper-cutting, Shandong Gaomi paper-cutting, Guangdong Foshan paper-cutting, Hebei Weixian paper-cutting, Pixian paper-cutting in Jiangsu, Guizhou Taijiang paper-cutting, Nanjing paper-cutting and so on.

Because of the differences in regional cultural background, and the relative stability of certain genres and styles of folk paper-cutting works, so that today's folk paper-cutting still retains the different layers of China's ancient culture. Regardless of which type of paper cutting, we can appreciate the mystery of the initial period of national art, the rising period of the majesty and maturity of the charm, from the creation of the laborers to obtain the enlightenment of history.