Simple cutting method of grass paper-cut

The simple cutting method of papyrus paper-cutting is: first, prepare a piece of cardboard, fold it up and down, fold it left and right, fold its two corners in half, draw the pattern to be cut, cut and spread it along the pattern drawn in the previous step, and the papyrus paper-cutting is completed.

Chinese paper-cutting is a folk art of cutting and carving patterns on paper with scissors or carving knives, which is used to decorate life or cooperate with other folk activities. In China, paper-cutting has a broad mass base and is integrated into the social life of people of all ethnic groups. It is an important part of various folk activities. It inherits the visual image and modeling format, contains rich cultural and historical information, and expresses the social cognition, moral concept, practical experience, life ideal and aesthetic taste of the general public.

On May 20th, 2006, the paper-cut art heritage was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. At the fourth meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage held from September 28th to June 54381October 2nd, 2009, China announced that the Chinese paper-cutting project was included in the "Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity".

Silhouette is an ancient form of paper-cutting art, which expresses the shapes of people and objects through the outline, so it pays most attention to the beauty and modeling of the outline. Due to the limitation of contour modeling, silhouette generally shows the profile of people or other objects better. Its tools are mainly scissors and carving knives, and the paper is usually black or heavy color paper. When showing the silhouette of a character, it is usually cut while looking at the object. Silhouette is very suitable for showing light transmission effect, and it is a distinctive paper-cut type.