Is the traditional Chinese paper-cut folk art. It is a paper cut with scissors to a variety of decorative patterns, so called "paper-cut."
Originated in the Chinese paper-cutting. In the Han and Tang dynasties, that is, the use of non-governmental women's silver and gold color silk cut flower for the decoration attached to the temples of culture. Later, during the festive season with a variety of colored paper cut flowers, stories such as animals or people, and pasted on the window called "window", posted on the door referred to as the "door sign" for the celebration known as the " hi to spend. "
Tang Li Shangyin were "days that matter," the poem, the "golden thread for custom Jing Chuan-sheng, Jin wind from the ribbon-cutting people," the sentence, but also records the history of paper cutting.
剪紙是中國傳統的民間藝術。它是用剪刀將紙剪成各種裝飾圖案，故稱為“剪紙”。
剪紙起源于漢。在漢、唐時代，民間婦女即有使用金銀箔和彩帛剪成花鳥貼在鬢角為飾的風尚。後來，在節日期間用彩色紙剪成各種花草、動物或人物故事等，貼在窗上的稱為“窗花”，貼在門上的稱為“門簽”，用于喜慶的稱為“喜花”。
唐詩人李商隱《人日即事》詩中，有“縷金作勝傳荊俗，剪彩為人起晉風”之句，也記載了剪紙的歷史。