What folk activities in China use paper cutting?

In rural areas of China, paper-cutting art is the most common and main application. It is a wedding flower for stick grilles and wedding. In addition, the performance function of paper-cut art is the main reason. The geographical closure and cultural limitations, as well as the intrusion of adversity such as natural disasters, aroused people's desire for a happy life. People pray for ample food and clothing, prosperity, health and longevity, and all the best. This simple wish is conveyed through paper-cutting.

Paper-cutting is mainly used for holiday gifts, sacrificial decorations, embroidery and carving patterns, product trademarks and other decorations. Celebrating birthdays and offering sacrifices to gods, ghosts and ancestors are inseparable from paper-cutting.