Material: red square paper, 2B pencil, scissors.
1, take out the prepared red square paper.
2. Fold in half for three times: fold in half 1 times respectively along the horizontal and vertical symmetry axis, and then fold in half again to get a triangle.
3. Fold the triangle in half again, and cut off the protruding triangle with scissors.
4. Draw half a peach and leaves with a pencil on the quadrilateral, and add the grass pattern and the root of the peach as a connection. Draw a cross and a shadow on the redundant part except the main body.
5. Use scissors to cut off the cross and shadow.
6, all spread out, the traditional culture paper-cutting Ruyi Shoutao is completed.
The moral of Ruyi Shoutao:
Shoutao symbolizes happiness, health, good luck and longevity. People often give it to the elderly as a gift, which is a very suitable gift and a good blessing to the elderly.
Shoutao, in the original fairy tale, refers to peaches that can prolong life. In ancient China, people who celebrated their birthdays usually set up their own birthday halls at home, hung red birthday greetings, and put birthday noodles, fruit and peaches made of wheat flour or rice flour on the table. The tip of the peach is dyed red, like a peach.
In addition, some people's walls will be pasted with pictures such as the birthday of the old man, the birthday of Ma Gu, the stealing of peaches by Dong Fangshuo, the birthday of the Eight Immortals, and the birthday of flat peaches to add to the festive atmosphere. When relatives and friends come to celebrate their birthdays, they will also send birthday peaches.
Later, people celebrated their birthday with fresh peaches, peaches made of flour, painted peaches or paper-cut peaches, which were also called "Shoutao". Because the moral of peach is better, it is the most suitable gift for the elderly on their birthdays. The elderly are also very happy to receive such a "birthday peach" gift.
Birthday peach has become one of the traditional folk customs in China, symbolizing the younger generation's good wishes to the elderly and filial piety to their parents. It is a virtue that has been passed down, inherited and carried forward by the Chinese nation for thousands of years, which can be fully reflected by giving birthday peaches.