How to cut a blessing

There are mainly the following steps to cut the blessing characters:

1. Preparation tools: red rice paper, pen, scissors, ruler.

2. Fold the square red rice paper twice along the edge of the paper.

3. Fold the paper that has been folded into strips horizontally according to the long side, then open it, fold the upper part into three equal parts, the lower part into two equal parts, fold the upper part in half as shown in the figure, and then subtract a triangle with a slight curvature;

4. Unfold the paper strip, fold it in half on the right side, cut a "mouth" at the position in the figure, then fold it in half at the lower bottom edge to cut out an arc triangle, unfold it, fold it in half along the middle line of the lower half, and cut out the shape as shown in the figure below.

5. When the right side is cut and the left side is folded in half, the paper-cut of the word "Fu" is completed.

China's blessing culture has a long history. As early as 84 BC1year, during the Zhou Dynasty, our ancestors had divination and sacrifice activities to pray for good fortune and welcome auspicious events, and after continuous development and evolution in past dynasties, they formed a very extensive and universal cultural phenomenon.

The font forms of "Fu" paper-cut are also varied. Generally speaking, they are square, full and full of beauty. From the perspective of the word "fu", it can be used as a sign, a symbol, a figure, or a decoration. I deliberately put a happy feeling in it.

"Fu" paper-cut is also a very common auspicious pattern style combining Chinese characters with paper-cut.