Liu Ren: What I have done is only a rough idea of what I’m going to cut out. Then I ’m going to cut it out with my scissors. Folk paper-cutting is a Chinese art form. It’s just like traditional ...

As one of the most popular traditional Chinese folk arts, paper-cutting boasts a long history spanning over 1500 years. Among them, Cantonese paper-cutting is an intangible cultural heritage of ...

Liu Ren: What I have done is only a rough idea of what I’m going to cut out. Then I ’m going to cut it out with my scissors. Folk paper-cutting is a Chinese art form. It’s just like traditional ...

Fu Zhao'e shows her paper cutting work themed the Year of the Snake in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Jan. 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Liu Hai) As the Chinese Year of the Snake ...

Ji Yulan, an inheritor of the intangible heritage paper-cutting from Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn] With a pair of scissors in her right hand and red ...

As the Chinese Year of the Snake approaches, Fu Zhao'e has been spending her days cutting and folding red paper to create snakes, numbers and other decorative designs, immersing herself in the joy of ...

From exquisite craftsmanship to traditional Chinese medicine, from solemn rituals to vibrant folk art, intangible cultural heritage weaves the vibrant tapestry of Chinese identity, enriching ...

There was little doubt Chen Sijia would be anything other than an artist. She comes from a family of artists, who make traditional Chinese calligraphies and paper-cuts. Chen now resides in the United ...

BEIJING, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- As dawn breaks over a village in suburban Beijing, 75-year-old Hao Lanying sits at her desk, scissors in hand, cutting red paper into the shape of a snake winding around a ...