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China traditional culture, paper cutting.

China is an ancient civilization with a long history and splendid traditional culture, and paper-cutting art is a treasure of China traditional culture, which inherits the artistic characteristics and local spirit of the Chinese nation. A thin piece of paper shows infinite possibilities. The times are changing, and the constant is exquisite skills.

Paper-cutting is a traditional handicraft art in China, with strong folk art characteristics, which has been circulated in China for more than 1500 years. It is a very popular folk art, which has been deeply loved by people for thousands of years and is an artistic treasure of our country.

Paper-cutting, also known as window grilles, originated in the Han Dynasty. During the Han and Tang dynasties, it was a fashion for folk women to cut flowers and birds with gold and silver foil and colored silk and stick them on their temples as decorations. Later, people will cut out stories of flowers, animals or people with colored paper during festivals. Those posted on the windows are called "window grilles", those posted on the doors are called "house numbers", and those used to celebrate are called "happy flowers".

Paper-cutting still has certain requirements for people's mental outlook. It must be calm, careful, patient, persistent and enthusiastic. When cutting and carving, I am absorbed, and my quiet heart is tenacious, tenacious and hard-working, and I have devoted great interest and enthusiasm. Only in this way can I master the technology and cut out excellent paper-cut works.

To this day, people in China still like to paste all kinds of paper-cuts on their windows during the Spring Festival, and they will also paste paper-cut happy characters to decorate their wedding rooms when they get married. Window grilles can not only set off the festive atmosphere, but also bring people beautiful enjoyment.

Paper-cutting is a combination of decoration, artistry, appreciation and practicality. Paper-cut has simple composition, clean shape, bright lines, beautiful form and decorative interest. The basic effect can be achieved by using yin-yang lines alone or in combination. Now many paper-cuts with local characteristics have been formed, such as Yuxian paper-cut in Hebei, Yangzhou paper-cut, Guilin paper-cut and Foshan paper-cut.