The invention relates to a method for mounting a paper-cut picture, which comprises the following steps of: a, drawing a paper-cut figure in a computer, transferring figure information to a plasma cutting machine or a laser cutting machine to cut the figure, soaking a stack of paper needed to be cut in water, clamping the paper full of water by two pieces of sheets, extruding remained water, putting the paper on a cutting board of the plasma cutting machine or the laser cutting machine, and cutting the figure after adjusting light intensity and speed; b, naturally drying the paper in the air or mechanically air drying or baking; c, putting the facade of the paper-cut on a plastic cloth, stacking a screen plate on the reverse side of the paper-cut, uniformly brushing paste on the screen plate, and removing the screen plate after brushing; d, adhering backing paper according to the mounting process of a known traditional Chinese painting to form the paper-cut picture; and e, brushing the paste on the peripheral edges of the reverse side of the solid paper-cut picture which is adhered with the backing paper, positioning the paper-cut picture and mounting sides, axes or a picture frame after naturally drying the paper in the air or air drying or baking. The method is suitable for industrialized production of paper-cut handicrafts in batches and has the advantages of good three-dimensional effect, low cost, convenient carrying and good appreciation.