This is free paper cutting pattern number 4, size 20×15 cm
Level of difficulty (1-10) : 5
Download PDF: 04 Cutterstic Paper Cutting Chinese New Year
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Tips for step by step cutting:
- Start cutting from inside to outside
- Start cutting from smaller to bigger black area
- Paper cutting side that is going to be displayed is the clean side (not printed)
- Apply glue/double tape on green label to finish your work
Tips langkah-langkah memotong:
- Mulai potong dari bagian dalam baru keluar
- Mulai potong dari area hitam yang kecil-kecil, baru ke bagian yang besar
- Sisi paper cutting yang akan menjadi bagian depan adalah bagian yang bersih, bukan yang di print
- Selesaikan karya dengan menempelkan label hijau di belakang area label abu-abu
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With passion and dedication,
Kucu
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5 Lucky Bats
Around the 17th century bats began to be featured as a symbol of happiness, because the Chinese word of bats is 蝙蝠 bian3 fu2, and the 蝠 fu2 (bat) and 福 fu2 (good fortune, happiness) are homophone. Different numbers of bats have different meanings. Two bats means double luck (shuang1 fu2, 双福，双 means a pair of something） while five bats means Five Fortunes.
According to the Classic of History the five bats represent good fortunes, which are:
- 长寿” (chang2 shou4, long life)
- 富贵” (fu4 gui4, wealthy and valuable)
- 康宁” (kang1 ning2， healthy and peaceful)
- 好德” （hao4 de2, benevolent virtue)
- 善终” (shan4 zhong1 good death, well died or good ending of life), means a person died peacefully at the time he or she was supposed to die after a happy, fulfilled life. So, if a person died from a car wreck or a cancer or a heart attack, then that is not a 善终 (good death). Besides that, proper burial and careful observance of mourning practices are also part of 善终 . Fail to follow ritual might result in family disharmony, economic difficulty, or incurable diseases.
