This is a fresh, unique paper-cut window flower.
Window flowers are cut from brightly colored colored paper into various flowers, birds, animals and character stories, etc., and pasted on the paper paste panes to make the whole house glow and indicate that the family is prosperous. Therefore, most of the window flowers are images that show the favorite image of the working people, but here are some poisonous insects common in people's lives - scorpions, centipedes, poisonous snakes, toads and geckos, which are called the "five poisons" in ancient times. These poisonous insects are not all harmful to humans, and even the explanations in ancient books are not completely consistent, so the "five poisons" can also refer to all pests. Why show the "five poisons"? This is to remind people to pay attention to the fact that eliminating it at any time can protect the health of the body, so it also contains auspicious meanings.
In addition to cutting the image of the five poisons, the paper cut of "Removing the Five Poisons" shows a large scissors that can deter poisonous insects, cutting the tail abdomen of the scorpion, and there are gourds containing drugs and mugwort that remove the poisonous gas. Legend has it that the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar is the day when poisonous insects are everywhere and evil gathers, and in the old folk customs, every morning on this day, the eaves of each house are planted with mugwort and calamus (it is grass that does not attract insects, its shape is like a sword, in order to show that evil is cut off), and paper gourds and small brooms with maza hang on the door, which means to remove the five poisons. At the same time, many people have such window flowers on their windows.
Remove the five poisons
(Source: "Chinese Auspicious Illustrations" published by Liaoning University Press, edited by Wang Qingfeng, Chen Su and Qi Xiangcheng)
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