"It took many years before I could cut as skillfully as my teachers. When I was finally able to do it, it felt like a deep connection to the past," Yu says. In 2006, Ansai paper-cutting was recognized ...

Chinese lanterns are traditionally made of paper and bamboo ... roughly measure a 5cm wide section using a ruler. Cut out that section using scissors. 2. Make one hole about halfway down on ...

In the plate, there must be at least one paper-cutting of Chinese character "double happiness ... they are saved by Zhongyang craftsmen's scissors' points as a living fossil of our long history.

The Chinese even made toilet paper! Ask the children to describe in their own words what they just learned about the history of paper in China, and how their cut-outs relate to a historical tradition ...

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 ...