What is the origin of window decals?

The origin of window decals is the invention of Chinese paper in the Western Han Dynasty BC, before that it is not possible to have paper-cutting appeared, but at that time, people use sheet material, through the hollowing out of the carving technique made of handicrafts, but as early as in the non-appearance of the paper has been popular, that is, with the sculpture, hollowing out, picking, carving, cutting techniques in the gold foil, leather, silk, and even in the leaves of the carving pattern.

The Warring States period appeared to use leather skeletonization, silver foil skeleton carving, are the same as paper-cutting, their appearance for the formation of folk paper-cutting laid a certain foundation. After the Song and Yuan, cut and paste window flowers to welcome the spring time from the spring to the Spring Festival, people use paper cutouts to express their joy of celebrating the spring to the earth, which is the origin of the later Spring Festival cut window flowers.

Introduction of window decals

Window is the most widely distributed, the largest number of Han folk paper cutting, the most popular varieties. It is divided into north and south styles, with the south taking "exquisite" as the beauty, characterized by exquisite and clear; and the north taking simple and vivid as the beauty, characterized by naivety and richness.

Other paper-cutting varieties are based on the development and extension of the window flower. People in the Spring Festival window decals, as a way to decorate the environment, rendering the atmosphere of the purpose, and to send the old to welcome the new, to receive the blessing of auspicious wishes.