Introduction to traditional Chinese paper-cutting process

Introduction to traditional Chinese paper-cutting process

As a traditional art, paper-cutting skills have been widely passed down among the people in China. The paper-cut works themselves can become decorations for many occasions, including festivals, weddings, gatherings, and especially during the Chinese New Year, when various paper-cuts of different colors are affixed to doors, windows, walls, and other items of daily use.

In the past, only women were engaged in paper-cutting activities. At that time in northern China, paper-cut designs were exchanged among women as gifts. Along with needlework, a girls paper-cutting skills will increase her capital to become an excellent bride. However, paper cutting has become very common and popular now. As long as you are interested, you can use it as a daily pastime and entertainment.

The traditional paper-cutting mentioned here is not the situation we have already known where you take a pair of scissors and get a pattern on a piece of paper, but a relatively ancient mode of mass production of paper-cutting.

Because rice paper is better at folding and ironing, and can be used for printing and dyeing, traditional paper-cutting uses rice paper as the basic material.