A complete collection of paper-cutting methods

The method of paper-cutting is as follows:

1, symmetrical folding cropping method: fold in half, draw half of the image and crop it.

2. Triangle folding and cutting method: Fold the square paper in half, fold it 60 degrees as shown in the figure, and cut it.

3. Quadrilateral folding and cutting method: fold it in half twice, then fold it diagonally, draw a half pattern and cut it. But when designing, we must pay attention to the connection points on the left and right sides, otherwise it will be cut into pieces. Use square colored paper, fold it in half three times according to the figure, fold it into a triangle, and then cut out various patterns according to the rules of four corners, four sides and center.

4. Pentagonal folding and shearing method: fold the square paper in half, and then fold it according to the midpoint of the triangle bottom. Draw a dotted line and cut it into a pentagram or a pentagram along the line.

Paper cutting:

Chinese paper-cutting is a folk art of cutting and carving patterns on paper with scissors or carving knives, which is used to decorate life or cooperate with other folk activities. In China, paper-cutting has a broad mass base and is integrated into the social life of people of all ethnic groups. It is an important part of various folk activities.

It inherits the continuous visual image and modeling format, contains rich cultural and historical information, expresses the social cognition, moral concept, practical experience, life ideal and aesthetic taste of the general public, and has multiple social values such as cognition, education, expression, lyricism, entertainment and communication.

On May 20th, 2006, the paper-cut art heritage was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.