Four-corner folding paper-cut box and drawing method thereof

The pattern and drawing method of four-corner paper-cut are as follows:

Tools/raw materials:

A square piece of colored paper, scissors and pen.

Methods/steps:

1. First, prepare a square piece of colored paper, pen and scissors.

2. First, fold the diagonal of the colored paper.

3. Then fold the left and right corners of the colored paper in half.

4. Fold the left corner up and the back corner back.

5. Draw a pattern on the folded paper.

6. Next, use scissors to cut slowly along the drawn line, and you can finish it.

Chinese paper-cutting is a folk art of cutting and carving patterns on paper with scissors or carving knives, which is used to decorate life or cooperate with other folk activities. In China, paper-cutting has a broad mass base and is integrated into the social life of people of all ethnic groups. It is an important part of various folk activities.

It inherits the continuous visual image and modeling format, contains rich cultural and historical information, expresses the social cognition, moral concept, practical experience, life ideal and aesthetic taste of the general public, and has multiple social values such as cognition, education, expression, lyricism, entertainment and communication.

On May 20th, 2006, the paper-cut art heritage was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. At the fourth meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage held from September 28th, 2009 to June 2nd, 2009, the Chinese paper-cut project declared by China was selected into the "Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity".

On 20 18 12, the general office of the Ministry of Education announced Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics as the heritage base of Chinese excellent traditional culture in paper cutting.