24 Solar Terms Handmade Works Tutorial Video

The tutorial for 24 solar terms paper-cutting is as follows: 1. Take a square piece of colored paper.

2. Fold it diagonally into a triangle.

3. Fold the folded triangle in the picture above in half along the center line for the second time.

4. Fold the upper triangle upward into a small triangle.

5. In the same way, fold the triangle below into a small triangle, as it will look like after folding.

6. With the opening facing up and the bevel facing right, simply draw a few strokes on the folded colored paper.

7. Cut out along the drawn pattern. Just cut out the two crescent patterns and the two wavy patterns directly.

8. Expand the cut pattern to create a beautiful flower paper-cut work.

Expansion: Window grilles are paper-cuts affixed to window paper or window glass, and are one of the ancient traditional folk arts of the Han nationality in China.

It has a long history and unique style, and is deeply loved by people at home and abroad.

Window grilles are a characteristic art of farming culture. The geographical living environment, agricultural production characteristics and social customs in rural areas also give this local art distinctive Han folk customs and artistic characteristics.

In the past, people in both the south and the north would put up window grilles during the Spring Festival.

In the south, it is only posted when you are getting married, and is generally not posted during the Spring Festival.

In the north, window grilles are still popular. In Fengning, Hebei, if a house does not have window grilles during the Spring Festival, people will speculate whether something happened to the family.

One of the varieties of paper cutting.

To enhance the festive atmosphere, many rural areas post paper-cuts on their windows before the Spring Festival.

The style of window grilles is generally relatively free. Except for the "corner flowers" affixed to the four corners and the folded "round flowers", there are no restrictions on the outer outline.

The theme content of window grilles is very wide, with a large number of opera stories.

Window grilles are more common in the north.