★You need some creativity in your life——with the magic on paper of Chinese paper-cut, you can cut out beautiful four seasons and fragrant flowers!
★Zhou Dongmei, the master of intangible cultural heritage skills, takes you three steps to get familiar with Chinese paper-cut. Come and “cut” your Moments!
★Three steps to master creative skills. Step one: use drafts to cut directly; step two: copy the drafts and cut them; step three: freedom to cut creatively.
★In addition to 24 main pictures of the solar terms, there are 96 single flower paper-cuts in this book, which can be used as an inspiration library for artistic creators.
★Easy-to-tear drafts of the 24 solar terms are available, and zero-based readers can easily get started.

This book creatively combines the four seasons with paper cutting to bring creative handwork into life and share happiness.

This book introduces the culture, tools, process, application and other basic knowledge of Chinese paper cutting to readers, and briefly introduces the unique characteristics of Chinese solar terms. In addition to 24 main pictures, there are 96 single flower paper-cuts of corresponding seasons for each solar term.

To ensure that zero-base readers can get started, this book is attached with a separate rubber-bound main pictures pamphlet which is easy to tear off. Cut out your wonderful artworks and show your friends a "Four Seasons on Paper" exhibition!

Zhou Dongmei is a Chinese national senior arts and crafts artist, a provincial-level inheritor of Pucheng paper-cutting skill of the national intangible cultural heritage project, a master of arts and crafts in Fujian Province, a member of the Chinese Folk Literature and Art Association, and a member of CCPS Chinese Paper-cut Art Committee.

Her works have won the first China Paper-cut Art Festival and the 10th China Folk Arts and Crafts "Shanhua Award", Outstanding Skills Award (the highest award) of the National Taiwan Scholars Paper-cut Invitational Exhibition, and National Paper-cut Exhibition Collection Award (first prize)…

Chapter One: Preparation Before Paper Cutting

The Culture of Paper Cutting
The Background of Paper Cutting/001
The Basic Language of Paper Cutting/002
Types of Paper Cutting/005

Tools of Paper Cutting
Basic Tools/007
Other Tools/009

The Process of Paper Cutting
The Basic Process of Paper Cutting/011
Tutorial of Using Drafts/015
Tutorial of Single Free Combination/016

The Application of Paper-cutting
The Traditional Application of Paper-cutting /017
Modern Application of Paper-cutting /018

Chapter two: The 24 Solar Terms Paper-cut

Spring
The Beginning of Spring/020
Rain Water/024
The Waking of Insects/028
The Spring Equinox/032
Pure Brightness/036
Grain Rain/040

Summer
The Beginning of Summer/044
Lesser Fullness of Grain/048
Grain in Beard/052
The Summer Solstice/056
Lesser Heat/060
Greater Heat/064

Autumn
The Beginning of Autumn/068
The End of Heat/072
White Dew/076
The Autumn Equinox/080
Cold Dew/084
Frost's Descent/088

Winter
The Beginning of Winter/092
Lesser Snow/096
Greater Snow/100
The Winter Solstice/104
Lesser Cold/108
Greater Cold/112