Why do we cut window flowers during the Spring Festival? What is its meaning? What is the origin
Introduction: The Spring Festival has a long history in our country, and its customs are therefore diverse. Spring Festival customs include spring cleaning, buying new year goods, welcoming the God of Wealth, pasting couplets, pasting blessing characters, etc. Another New Year custom is to cut and paste window flowers. So what is the meaning of cutting window paper-cuts? When did it start to rise? Now, let’s follow the editor to get to know it. There is no end to the topics about the Spring Festival, so do you want to know more about it? Just continue to wander in Mr. Shui Mo’s Spring Festival special ocean!The origin of paper-cuttingChinese paper was invented in the Western Han Dynasty before the Christian era. It was impossible for paper-cutting to appear before that, but people at that time used thin materials to make handicrafts through hollow carving techniques, which was already popular before the emergence of paper. People used carving, hollowing, carving, engraving and cutting techniques to cut patterns on gold foil, leather, silk, and even leaves.During the Warring States Period, the use of leather openwork and silver foil hollow carving appeared, which were exactly the same as paper-cutting. Their appearance laid a certain foundation for the formation of folk paper-cutting. After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the time for cutting and pasting window flowers to welcome the spring was changed from the Beginning of Spring to the Spring Festival. People used paper-cutting to express their joy in celebrating the coming of spring. This is the origin of cutting window flowers during the Spring Festival. Window paper-cuts are a characteristic art form of farming culture. The rural living geographical environment, agricultural production characteristics and social customs also give this local art a distinct Han folk taste and artistic characteristics. In the past, people in both the north and the south would put up window decorations during the Spring Festival. Nowadays, window decorations are only used in the south during weddings and are generally not used during the Spring Festival, but in the north, it is still popular to use window decorations. The meaning of window decorations during the Spring FestivalWindow paper-cuts have rich content and a wide range of themes. Since most of the buyers of window cut-outs are farmers, a considerable amount of their content depicts farmers' lives, such as farming, weaving, fishing, shepherding sheep, feeding pigs, raising chickens, etc. Window paper-cuts, with their unique method of generalization and exaggeration, express auspicious events and good wishes vividly, and decorate the festival with splendor and joy.Window paper-cuts are the most widely distributed, largest in number and most popular variety of Han folk paper-cuts. It is divided into southern and northern styles. The southern style is characterized by "refinement" and its beauty is exquisiteness; the northern style is characterized by simplicity and vividness and its beauty is innocence and thickness. Other types of paper-cutting are developed and extended based on window paper-cuts. People paste window flowers during the Spring Festival to decorate the environment and create an atmosphere, and they also express their wishes to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and to bring good fortune and luck. Summary: Through the above article, we know the origin and meaning of cutting window paper-cuts. I hope these contents can provide some reference for everyone. I wish you all a happy and prosperous new year! After reading this article, there are more exciting content in the Spring Festival special topic, let’s take a look! |
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