How to cut out hi

To cut out the word hi you will need red paper, scissors, a pen and a straightedge.

Step 1: Fold the red paper diagonally and cut it into a square.

Step 2: Fold the square red paper left and right.

Step 3: Fold the red paper on the left and right side on the basis of step 2.

Step 4: Draw the figure with the prepared pen as shown above.

Step 5: Use scissors to cut out the Chinese character "囍".

Step 6: Unfold the paper and fold it once to form the word "Xi".

Paper-cutting

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

The visual images and modeling formats inherited from the past contain rich cultural and historical information, express the social cognition, moral concepts, practical experience, ideals of life and aesthetic interests of the general public, and have multiple social values, such as cognition, edification, expression, lyricism, entertainment and communication.

On May 20, 2006, paper-cutting was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, and at the fourth meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), held from September 28 to October 2, 2009, the paper-cutting project declared by China was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The Chinese paper-cutting project was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

In December 2018, the General Office of the Ministry of Education announced that Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics is a base for the inheritance of Chinese paper-cutting and Chinese traditional culture.