What are the types of folk paper-cutting in China?

The types of paper-cut are window flowers, screen flowers, doormats, wall flowers, brooches, wall flowers, group flowers, corner flowers, ceiling flowers, edge flowers, snuff, gift flowers, festive flowers, birthday flowers, funeral flowers and so on.

Among them, window grilles, doormats and snuff were put up during the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival. Happy flowers are paper-cuts cut and pasted on indoors, furniture and utensils when getting married and decorating a new house, symbolizing the happiness of marriage and the continuation of future generations. Birthday flowers are posted on birthdays, and mulberry flowers are posted on funerals. When decorating a room, wall flowers and ceiling flowers are attached to the wall and roof respectively.

Paper-cutting is generally used to decorate the environment and enhance the festive atmosphere, and is often posted in the yard or on utensils. Paper-cutting is a kind of folk art, and its function has gradually changed from the initial ceremony to the folk tradition, which is getting closer to people's lives.