Rice Fat Sable Cicada Square is located in Wuding Riverside Park, which contains rice fat paper cuts, sable cicada sculptures, and Li Zicheng Archway, which is full of tourists and picturesque scenery. Rice fat paper-cutting sprouted in the Neolithic Age and was passed down from

Rice Fat Sable Cicada Square is located in Wuding Riverside Park, which contains rice fat paper cuts, sable cicada sculptures, and Li Zicheng Archway, which is full of tourists and picturesque scenery. Rice fat paper-cutting sprouted in the Neolithic Age, inherited from the Two Han Dynasties, developed in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and flourished in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. Rice fat paper-cut works are derived from life, originating from the rough expression of eastern Han portrait stones, which is a true portrayal of the folk customs of rice fat. Its thick cultural accumulation, quaint techniques, rough shapes, concise knife techniques, and exaggerated freehand represent the aesthetic origin of traditional folk art in the north.

The types of rice fat paper-cutting are: window flowers, Kang murals, ceiling paintings, pole frame hanging paintings, children's shoe toe paintings, belly wrapping paintings, etc. The forms are tuanhua, turning flowers, mi flowers, bunches of flowers, scattered flowers, flowers, pile flowers, etc., the performance content is extremely extensive, the traditional themes are rich and colorful, the regional characteristics are very obvious, the main creative themes are: zodiac signs, lions and leopards, deer cranes and spring, unicorn sending children, magpies Dengmei, peony phoenix and other animals and plants to create shapes; drama performances, folklore and other story characters; folk events, festive festivals, farming culture, textile trade, mascots and other production and life customs.

The most common works of rice fat paper-cutting are: catching bun dolls, deer unloading grass, Nian Nian Yu, snake pan rabbit, Fu Lu Shou, Lotus Noble Son, Han Que Bomb Plum, Old Swallow Back Xiao Yan and so on. In addition to straight cuts and hollowing, its expression methods also use crescent patterns, cloud patterns, serrated patterns, auspicious cloud patterns, etc. to strengthen the aesthetic effect. Use more complex patterns, embellish dowry bags, happy bun cakes, or decorate rice, noodle hoards, etc., with different techniques, different themes, on different occasions, reflecting different scenes, expressing different moods! In this way, it reflects the different needs of the broad masses of the people, and shows the bold and simple character of the people of Mizhi and the vision of a better life.