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Simple hanging paper-cutting method

Simple hanging pictures are cut as follows:

1. Preparation: Take one, four or six pieces of colored paper and cut them into a piece of paper. Generally, there are four or six hanging strips stuck in the hall, and each set is a doormat or hanging strip. Stick it on the lintel outside the house.

2, tracing: the lace of the whole set of doormats is often the same, so when sewing together, pay attention to the width of the upper destination, so it is convenient to smear, and the sides should be slightly wider. In this way, the phoenix is not easy to break its lower edge, leaving teeth marks, giving people an elegant feeling. There are one or more middle words according to the content expressed.

3. Cutting system: There are many specifications of doormats, and copper coins are often cut in the middle of the picture as the main pattern.

Introduction to hanging notes:

Hanging paper is also called "door paper", "hanging money" or "door color" and "fasting dish" in ancient times, which is a traditional paper-cutting art in China.

Paper-cut hanging on the lintel during the Spring Festival. The earliest hanging paper was an ornament for ancestral home, generally the number of hanging pieces. People used to believe that it had the function of "overwhelming victory". Records of Hangzhou in Guangxu Period of Qing Dynasty: "Fan Yu, Gong Lin, cut five-color paper into the shape of a flag foot, pasted it on the lintel, and inscribed the words" good weather "and" peaceful country and people ",which is also called" butterfly fasting ". A colorful note, chiseling Qian Wen in the middle, sticking a beam to win, saying.

It is characterized by the shape of a flag, wide outline, monochrome and multicolor. Its patterns are mostly regular geometric patterns and patterns with auspicious contents, and more are auspicious characters, one by one, or one by one, hanging and pasting in complete sets.