It is a medium by which one's hopes for good fortune are expressed. The art originated in the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-489A.D.), when women in north China pasted cutouts on the windows to give their houses a holiday air during the Chinese New Year period.
這種藝術起源於南北朝，當時北朝婦女慣於歲暮年初，以巧剪「宜春帖子」張貼門楣，以示吉氣。