What is the significance of paper-cutting?

The significance of paper-cutting is mainly in the following three aspects:

One, Nafu Yingxiang

The reason why folk paper-cutting can be widely spread for a long time, Nafu Yingxiang's expressive function is its main reason. Regional closure and cultural limitations, as well as natural disasters and other adversities, inspired the people's desire for a full and happy life. People pray for good food and clothing, prosperity, health and longevity, and all the best, and this simple wish is conveyed through paper-cutting.

Second, pray for life

The creators of paper-cutting treat abundance and happiness, always with a firm and optimistic belief, continuous hope, paper-cutting is the ideal of their creation of a better life in the external presentation. Folk paper-cutting integrates these auspicious symbols into a variety of national activities to meet the spiritual and psychological needs of the general public in order to support the survival of mankind, enriching the lives of human beings.

Thirdly, to support people's aspirations for a better life

The language of folk paper-cutting is not simply a plain narrative, but a message, borrowing the conceptual image of those conventions to support the people's aspirations for a better life, and the hope for good luck and happiness.

Expanded Information:

The Origin of Paper Cutting

About the origin of paper cutting, in fact, it started a long time ago. At that time, people tried to use some graphics to remember things and content presentation, but at that time paper did not appear, people can only record some information on the bronze, bamboo slips, animal skin and other carriers.

With the emergence of paper, these creative patterns began to transfer to paper. With this before and after comparison, we are able to see that the origin of paper cutting comes from the way the first people recorded their patterns.

Paper-cutting has a strong folk soul and flavor, so the survival force is super strong, even after a thousand years of development, paper-cutting art is still thriving, and even become more and more powerful. With the development of the times, the modern paper-cutting has developed to a variety of styles, the content of the complete style, which is enough to see the paper-cutting in the folk culture has a pivotal position.

Source:Baidu Encyclopedia-Chinese Paper Cutting