What are the contents and implications of paper-cutting as a folk art form?

Paper-cutting has many contents and wide meanings. And plain patterns hope to be auspicious and avoid evil spirits. Dolls, gourds, lotus flowers and other patterns symbolize many children and grandchildren. Poultry, livestock, melons, fruits, fish and insects are closely related to farmers' lives and are also important contents of paper-cutting. Paper-cutting, as a folk art, has strong regional characteristics: Shaanxi window grillage style is simple and unrestrained; Hebei and Shanxi paper-cuts, beautiful and gorgeous; Yixing paper-cut is gorgeous and neat; Nantong paper-cut is exquisite. Although paper-cutting is simple in making and modeling, it can fully embody the connotation of people's life and has strong national characteristics.