How to cut your favorite window grilles?

Preparation material: square red paper.

1. Fold a square piece of paper in parallel once, and then fold it in half.

2. Fold the line about one centimeter.

3. Divide the folded rectangle into three equal parts, paying attention to unilateral left and multilateral right.

Divide the top third into four equal parts and fold the bottom two in half.

5. Split in two and fold in the opposite direction.

6. Cut a line on the right side of the paper-cut.

7. Cut a line on the left side of the two halves.

8, slowly open the paper-cut, and the happy-character window grilles will be ready.

The word "hi" is used as a name, which means aggressive and ambitious. The pinyin of the happy character is xǐ, the stroke of Kangxi dictionary is 12, and the radical is mouth, which means happiness and happiness; There are also meanings such as love and hobbies, especially about marriage: happy events. As a person's name, the word "Xi" means being in heaven, having a double happiness and always smiling.

Window grilles:

Window grilles are paper-cut pasted on window paper or window glass, which is one of the traditional folk arts of Han nationality in ancient China. It has a long history and unique style, and is deeply loved by people at home and abroad. Window grillage is a characteristic art of farming culture, and the rural living geographical environment, agricultural production characteristics and social customs also make this local art have distinctive Han folk customs and artistic characteristics.

In the past, whether in the north or the south, stick grilles was always visited during the Spring Festival. In the south, it is only posted when you get married now, but it is generally not posted during the Spring Festival. However, stick grills are still very popular in the north. In Fengning, Hebei Province, if someone doesn't visit stick grilles during the Spring Festival, people will guess whether something happened to this family. One of the paper-cut varieties.

In order to set off the festive atmosphere, the vast rural areas put paper-cuts on the windows before the Spring Festival. Generally speaking, the style of window grilles is relatively free, except for the "corner flower" stuck in the four corners and the "group flower" folded and cut, there is no restriction on its outer contour. The theme of window grilles is very wide, and there are a lot of drama stories. Window grilles are more common in the north.