2016年新春热点：剪个红窗花，喜迎春来到

Traditional papercut is also called “Window blossoms” , because they were first put on windows for decoration. 

窗花是贴在窗纸或窗户玻璃上的剪纸。朋友们一定听说过中国有个 很著名的节日——春节吧。

In China, the most important holiday is spring festival. During Spring Festival, window blossoms are put on windows in many parts of China. This custom has a long history which not only brings festivity to the holiday, but is also a symbol for people to express their wishes for welcoming the new year, blessings, and fortunes. 

在中国农村，每逢春节家家户户都喜欢在窗户上贴窗花，以此达到 装点环境、渲染气氛的目的，并寄托着辞旧迎新、接福纳祥的愿望。 

 In North China, the winter is very cold. Due to temperature gap between indoors and outside, you can find beautiful ice flowers in various shapes. Long time ago, our ancestors have begun to cut red papers into shapes of ice flowers, and used them to ornament rooms. At that time, paper cutting was also called ribbon cutting. 

在我国北方，由于冬天天气寒冷，室内外温差大，因此窗户 上就形成了美丽的冰花，形态各样，非常好看。据说，在我国古 代民间就有人根据冰花的样子子用纸剪下来贴在窗户上来装点房 间，那时称剪窗花为“剪彩”。

Paper can be cut into a great variety of images, such as people, flowers, birds, fish and mountains. Through paper cutting, people celebrate the arrival of spring and express their happiness and hope. 

由于冰花各式各样，所以窗花的内 容也很丰富，花鸟鱼虫，山水人物都可以用剪刀剪下来，人们用 窗花来表达自己庆贺春回大地的欢乐心情和美好希望。

由于窗花是通过折纸再剪刻的方法，因此图案多以对称、均衡为主。Have you noticed that most window blossoms are symmetric? This is because of the cutting method.

 如何制作美丽的窗花？

剪普通窗花的基本步骤。 

Let me demonstrate the basic steps of cutting window blossoms. 

1． 折纸 fold 

2． 画纹样draw the shapes 

3． 剪刻cut 

4． 展开open up 

5． 粘贴Paste to the paper 

第一步是“折”。

The first step is to fold. 

把一张正方形的纸沿着对角线折成三角形，然后再对折 一次。 

Fold a piece of squared paper along the diagonal into a triangle , and fold into another triangle. 

现在就可以开始“剪”了。 

Now we can start to cut.

窗花可以不用很规则的设计。 

Window blossoms can be designed with irregular patterns.

首先剪出一个弧形，作为花瓣的轮廓。 

First cut an arch which will be the outline of the petals. 

之后用剪刀随意剪出各种曲线或锯齿。 也可以剪出半个“心型。

After that use a pair of scissors to cut different kinds of curved lines and saw tooth. ” A half heart shape can also be cut. 

最后一步是展开，这个时候要轻一点，免得撕破较细的连接处。

The last step is to open up with light touch to avoid tear the fine connections. 

然后轻轻展平，你会发现，所有随意的形状都变成了美丽的对称 图案。 

Lightly flat it, you will find a beautiful symmetrical pattern from a random cut. 

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