Paper-cuttings to Welcome Spring
On the first day of Spring, people cut swallow
patterns out of colorful silk or paper to celebrate
spring. This practice, originally a method of
praying for luck, later became popular in all
parts of China. Sometimes paper-cuttings also
called floral window decorations, the making
of which dated far back to the Western Jin Dynasty
(around the 3rd century). Now paper-cuttings,
is a common, traditional folk art for decorative
purpose. |
