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What are the methods of traditional paper carving

Traditional paper carving can be broadly divided into: monochrome, color, color, color, lining, color, drawing, wood printing, etc.

Take monochrome as an example:

1, Yang carving: line-based, the shape of the line to stay, the other parts should be cut, and line line connected, but also the shape of the shape to stay, outside the open to cut away, known as the positive shape.

2, negative carving: block-based, the shape of the line cut, line line break, and cut the shape of the empty, known as the negative shape.

3, yin and yang carving: the combination of positive and negative carving.