Is it a custom to cut window grilles in the New Year?

Cutting window grilles is one of the customs of China New Year. Stick grilles is an important part of the Spring Festival holiday. Window grilles not only set off the festive atmosphere, but also bring people beautiful enjoyment, integrating decoration, appreciation and practicality.

Window grilles have a variety of themes, including figures, birds and animals, flowers and plants, fish and insects, which are characterized by rough and bold, concise and exaggerated. Window grilles have quite a lot of content to express farmers' life, such as farming, weaving, herding sheep and raising chickens. In addition, there are myths and legends, drama stories and other themes. In addition, the images of flowers and birds, insects and fish, and the zodiac are also very common. Window grilles decorate festivals with their unique generalization and exaggeration.

Window grilles are the most widely distributed, the largest number and the most popular among Han folk paper-cuts. Other paper-cut varieties are developed and extended on the basis of window grilles. Both rural areas in the north and south want stick grilles during the Spring Festival.