Paper cutting tutorial Chinese style

1, prepare a square of colored paper, pen, scissors.

2. Fold both sides of the square paper with the center.

3, then use the pen to draw the lantern pattern on the front.

4. Then use scissors to cut along the cut edges.

5. Finally, unfold and flatten the paper, and a Chinese style lantern cutout is ready.

Paper cutting is a popular Chinese folk art form with a long history and wide circulation. The so-called paper-cutting is the use of scissors to cut paper into a variety of patterns, such as window, door paper, wall flowers, ceiling flowers, lanterns and so on.

Every festival or wedding celebration. People will be beautiful and brightly colored paper cutouts on the windows, walls, doors and lanterns at home, so the festive atmosphere is also baked more warm. In rural areas, paper-cutting is usually done by women and girls.

In the past, paper-cutting was an art of craftsmanship that almost every girl had to master, and it was also used as a criterion for judging brides.