The implication of paper-cut magpies climbing plums

Plum climbing by magpies is one of the traditional auspicious patterns in China. Plum blossoms are the messengers of spring. Magpie is a symbol of good luck.

Moral of Plum Blossom: It is the first of the top ten famous flowers in China, and ranks as the four gentlemen alongside orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums, and is also called "three friends of the old cold" with pine and bamboo. In the traditional culture of China, Mei gives people an incentive to work hard with her noble, strong and modest personality. In the cold, before the flowers bloom, the world is lonely, and spring has come.

Moral of Magpie: Magpie is a symbol of good fortune in China, and there has been a custom of drawing magpies to express happiness since ancient times. Magpie climbing plum is one of the traditional auspicious patterns in China, and it is also an auspicious carving theme. People often show magpie's works at home for good luck. Magpie is euphemistically called Magpie, which is regarded as a symbol of good luck among the people in China. Mei, formerly known as "Primula".

Brief introduction of paper cutting:

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. Its inherited visual image and modeling format contain rich cultural and historical information, expressing the social cognition and moral concepts of the general public. Paper-cut art heritage has been selected into the national intangible cultural heritage list of China and the representative list of human intangible cultural heritage.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the paper-cut handicraft art matured and reached its peak. Folk paper-cut handicraft art has a wider range of applications, such as flower decorations on folk lanterns, decorative patterns on fans and embroidery patterns, all of which are reprocessed with paper-cut as decoration. More people in China often use paper-cutting as decorations to decorate their homes and beautify their home environment. For example, door battlements, window grilles, cabinet flowers, wedding flowers and ceiling flowers are all used to decorate doors, windows and rooms.