What festivals are paper cuttings used for

"Window flowers" is commonly known as paper cuttings. In the past, regardless of the north and south, during the Spring Festival, all stickers. Now the South only when the marriage is posted, the Spring Festival is generally not posted. But the northern windowpane is still prevalent, in Fengning, Hebei Province, during the Spring Festival, if the family did not paste the windowpane, people will guess whether the family is out of the matter.

This folk custom with national characteristics has a history of thousands of years. Shanxi folk paper-cutting, especially the window paper-cutting, full of Shanxi folk local flavor, rich local flavor. What "magpies ascend to the plum", "two dragons play pearls", "peacock open screen", "heavenly maiden" and a variety of flowers The patterns of flowers, bugs, fish and birds express the farmers' hopes for the future.

The custom of cutting and pasting the windowpane to welcome spring began to rise after the Song and Yuan Dynasties, which is a symbol of the New Year to welcome the new and to receive blessings and good fortune. There are also different styles in the north and south of the country, with the delicate and exquisite sense of beauty in the south, and the naive and mellow simplicity in the north as a blessing. In the days leading up to New Year's Eve, every door and window of every house is dressed up with window flowers of various shapes, making the New Year's atmosphere even more intense.