How to cut window flowers with spring characters as follows:
The first step is to fold a piece of red square colored paper from bottom to top as shown.
The second step, after folding, fold it from right to left, and then fold it flat.
The third step, then fold the lower left corner diagonally to the upper right corner, and then turn it, as shown in the picture.
The fourth step is to pick up the pencil and start drawing half a heart shape on the colored paper using double lines as shown in the picture.
The fifth step is to draw half a spring character on the colored paper, trying to make it horizontally and vertically.
Step 6. After you finish drawing, use hand scissors to cut off the excess colored paper, then modify it and then remove it.
What is the custom of window grilles?
It is a paper-cut affixed to window paper or window glass, one of the ancient traditional folk arts of the Han nationality in China. It has a long history and unique style, and is deeply loved by people at home and abroad.
Window grilles are a characteristic art of farming culture. The geographical environment of rural life, agricultural production characteristics and social customs also give this local art distinctive Han folk customs and artistic characteristics.
In the past, people in both the south and the north would put up window grilles during the Spring Festival. In the South, it is only posted when you are getting married, and is generally not posted during the Spring Festival. In the north, window grilles are still popular. In Fengning, Hebei, if a house does not have window grilles during the Spring Festival, people will speculate whether something happened to the family. One of the varieties of paper cutting.
To enhance the festive atmosphere, many rural areas post paper-cuts on their windows before the Spring Festival. The style of window grilles is generally relatively free. Except for the "corner flowers" affixed to the four corners and the folded "round flowers", there are no restrictions on the outer outline. The theme content of window grilles is very wide, with a large number of opera stories. Window grilles are more common in the north.