剪纸 Paper Cut

首先要“设计”一个用作雕刻的模版，用笔仔细勾画出图案的线条。
At first, a carving mold should be designed, and then the lines of the pattern will be drawn.

然后把模版放在一叠纸的上面，再用各种不同的刻刀，沿着线条把图案刻出来。
After that, the mold is put on a stack of paper and different kinds of knives are used to carve along the lines.

最后一步是“染色”。
The last step is to color the paper.

用白酒调配好颜料，再用毛笔均匀地涂在刻好的白纸上。
Dyes are mixed with liquor and are brushed onto white paper.

这个步骤叫“熏样”。
This procedure is called “smoking sample”.

把剪好的模版用水蘸湿贴在白纸上，再用蜡烛的烟熏黑。
The wetted carved mold is put on white paper and smoked with a candle.

在复印机还没有发明出来时，剪纸艺人们就用这种方式来复制他们的模版。
Before the copying machine was invented, the paper cut artists copied their carving mold using this technique.

这幅“九龙剪纸”有五米长、两米高，是用一整张纸雕刻而成的。
This five-meter-long and two-meter-high “Nine-dragon Paper cut” is carved on one piece of paper.