The Significance and Symbol of Paper-cutting

1. Paper-cut art is one of the oldest folk arts in China. As a hollow art, it can give people a sense of visual emptiness and artistic enjoyment. Paper-cutting uses scissors to cut paper into various patterns, such as window grilles, doormats, wall hangings, ceilings and snuff.

2. Every holiday or wedding celebration, people will stick beautiful and bright paper-cuts on windows, walls, doors and lanterns at home, which will make the holiday atmosphere more warm. In rural areas, paper-cutting is usually done by women and girls.

In the past, paper-cutting was a handicraft art that almost every girl had to master, and it was also a standard for people to judge the bride. The paper-cutting art in the north and south of China can express all kinds of joys and sorrows in life through a pair of scissors and a piece of paper.