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Date with Zhengzhou | window flowers, New Year's Eve!

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"Twenty-eight, decals",

Pieces of paper cut, thick with the flavor of the year.

"Window flower" is a very popular folk art, thousands of years deeply loved by people, because it is mostly attached to the window, so people generally call it "window flower".

The Year of the Tiger has arrived

Who doesn't want to be in the window

There's one

Lifelike

Delicate cute and playful

What about the "cerebellar axe"?

Date with Zhengzhou | window flowers, New Year's Eve!
Date with Zhengzhou | window flowers, New Year's Eve!
Date with Zhengzhou | window flowers, New Year's Eve!

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Legend has it that when Jiang Taigong was canonized as a god, in the end there was no place to seal it, and he could only seal himself as a window god. Some people's homes put a red note on the window that reads "Jiang Taigong avoids the gods here" on the window during the New Year, in order to be auspicious and gradually evolve into the current window flower.

With its unique generalization and exaggeration, the window flower vividly expresses auspicious events and good wishes, and decorates the festival with red flames and joy.

Date with Zhengzhou | window flowers, New Year's Eve!

After reading these paper cuts, are you curious about their "owners"?

These paper cuts are all by Zhao Xia, a member of the Chinese Folk Writers Association and a Paper Cut Artist in Zhengzhou.

Every New Year, the elders of the family cut all kinds of window flowers to create an atmosphere - so Zhao Xia began to contact and learn the art of paper-cutting at the age of 6, and maintained a strong affection for paper-cutting art in the following decades of growth.

Her works are delicate and feminine, showing the beauty, folk customs and characteristics of the times of Zhengzhou from different aspects, implying auspiciousness and lifelikeness.

The paper cut lines are smooth

Cleverly cut,

If it's stuck on your own window,

Isn't it very old-fashioned?

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I'll share two with you

Tips for cutting window flowers

Follow the daily newspaper Jun

Let the windows in your home be beautiful!

Date with Zhengzhou | window flowers, New Year's Eve!
Date with Zhengzhou | window flowers, New Year's Eve!
Date with Zhengzhou | window flowers, New Year's Eve!

First, fold the square paper in half along the diagonal, starting from the center point.

Date with Zhengzhou | window flowers, New Year's Eve!

The second step, fold in half again, to find the center edge

Date with Zhengzhou | window flowers, New Year's Eve!

The third step is to cut out "half a spring word" (expanded to complete)

Date with Zhengzhou | window flowers, New Year's Eve!

The fourth step is to cut the lace for modification

Date with Zhengzhou | window flowers, New Year's Eve!

Finally, a beautiful spring word is complete!

If you think the front is relatively simple

That day the emperor took this

"Cerebellar Axe" at the bottom of the pressure box

Take it out for you!

The daily newspaper jun has been confused

There are cut out small partners

You can leave a message in the comment area

Let the daily newspaper jun worship it~

Try it yourself~

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Edited by Ma Zihan

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