Yimeng Paper-cutting

Shandong
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Folk paper-cutting is quite common in Linyi. There are traditions and customs of paper-cutting in many places. These paper-cutting designs are beautiful and exquisitely crafted. During festivals and festive days, people cut various patterns with colorful paper to decorate the environment and set off the atmosphere. Feixian's paper-cutting has many varieties and patterns, mainly including: wedding flowers, which are mostly used for weddings, with patterns of happiness and blessing cut from red paper; cake flowers, which are flowers covered on cakes taken by girls to their husbands' homes when they get married; lamp flowers, which are flowers covered on lampshades taken by brides to their husbands' homes; window flowers, which are flowers used to decorate windows in new houses or during festivals, which are the most popular; shoe flowers, which are embroidered patterns on the uppers of shoes; pillow embroidery, which has non-repetitive patterns at both ends of the pair; and purse flowers, hat flowers, bellyband flowers, handkerchief flowers, etc., which have penetrated into every aspect of people's lives, adding to the festivity and bringing fun.

Intangible culture related to the heritage

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