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Is window grilling a traditional culture in China?

China is an ancient country with a long history and rich traditional culture. There are also folk arts and crafts ceramics, national art dramas, Chinese paintings, the customs and habits of dragon boat racing during the Dragon Boat Festival, Lantern Festival lanterns, etc., but the most noteworthy is folk art paper-cutting.

Paper-cut art is one of the oldest folk arts in China. As a hollow art, it can give people a sense of visual emptiness and artistic enjoyment. Paper-cutting uses scissors to cut paper into various patterns, such as window grilles, doormats, wall hangings, ceilings and snuff. Every holiday or wedding celebration, people will stick beautiful and bright paper-cuts on windows, walls, doors and lanterns at home, and the festive atmosphere will be more enthusiastic.

Like all folk handicrafts in China, paper-cutting has a long history and cultural accumulation. On the basis of fully understanding the history of Chinese paper-cutting, it will be more beneficial for us to learn paper-cutting and create paper-cutting art.

The earlier paper-cut art form is the paper-cut window grilles that we are very familiar with today. This paper-cut culture is still intact, which shows that China's paper-cut culture is very profound. Knowing the origin of folk paper-cutting, we can correctly understand the importance of protecting and promoting paper-cutting culture.