Window Decoration Stickers
Window decorations stickers are paper-cuts pasted on window paper or window glass. They are the most widely distributed, numerous, and popular type of folk paper-cutting in China, and one of China's ancient traditional folk arts.
Window decoration stickers content is rich and themes are wide, including theatrical characters, historical legends, flowers, birds, fish and insects, landscapes, real life and auspicious patterns, etc. The style is generally free. Its outer contour and window frame are required to be well-proportioned and the composition is balanced, so as to play a practical role in keeping out the cold and allowing ventilation.
Historical Development
Paper-cut window decorations have a history of over a thousand years, gradually spreading and taking shape during the Song and Yuan dynasties.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, paper-cutting art matured and reached its peak. The application of folk paper-cutting art became even more widespread, encompassing decorations on folk lanterns, patterns on fans, and embroidery designs—all utilizing paper-cutting as a decorative element.
More often, Chinese folk art uses paper-cutting as home decorations to beautify the living environment. Examples include door decorations, window decorations, cabinet decorations, wedding decorations, and ceiling decorations.
Needlework is an important symbol of traditional Chinese womanhood, and paper-cutting, as an essential skill in needlework, became a craft that girls learned from a young age. They learn paper-cutting patterns from their elders or sisters, and through copying, re-cutting, drawing, and depicting familiar and beloved natural scenes, such as fish, insects, birds, animals, flowers, trees, pavilions, bridges, and landscapes, they eventually reach a state of being able to cut out new patterns at will.
Basic Crafts
Window decorations stickers are paper-cut designs pasted on window paper or glass. In the past, window decorations were pasted on windows during the Spring Festival in both southern and northern China. Now, in southern China, they are only pasted on windows for weddings. In northern China, pasting paper-cut window decorations is still very popular, and these window decorations are also a type of paper-cutting.
To enhance the festive atmosphere, paper-cuts are pasted on windows in rural areas before the Spring Festival. The style of window decorations is generally quite free; apart from the "corner flowers" pasted in the four corners and the folded "round flowers," there are no restrictions on their outer outline.
Window decorations stickers are rich in content and cover a wide range of themes. Since most buyers of window decorations are farmers, the decorations often depict farmers' lives, such as farming, weaving, fishing, herding sheep, feeding pigs, and raising chickens. This also reflects the Chinese people's desire to continue a beautiful and joyful tradition.
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