You've probably heard about the Chinese art of paper cutting, also known as paper designs, and seen the intricate artworks on the windows. But have you ever tried making your own paper cuts? In ...

In 2009, The Chinese paper-cut was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the UNESCO. Chinese papercuts are rich in content. The auspicious designs ...

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 ...

Long time ago, glassware was very expensive. Instead, people would paste a kind of Korean paper to their window frames. When the New Year came, people would paste once again to give it a new look. But ...

Yu Zeling, 59, a master artisan of Ansai paper-cutting, displays one of her creations for the upcoming Year of the Snake. The snake-themed designs (top) are popular during Chinese New Year ...

Ye Kaiyuan creates paper-cutting artworks balancing the ancient art form and contemporary life (PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) Using a pencil, a pair of scissors and a scalpel, Ye Kaiyuan turns a piece of ...

Editor's note: Chinese paper-cut is an ancient folk art form that involves cutting intricate patterns and images from paper. This technique, deeply rooted in Chinese cultural traditions, is not only ...

Working under a dim light at a drafting table near the furnace in his basement, Scott Kloska gets lost in his art for hours, cutting tiny geometric shapes out of paper with a No. 11 craft blade. "I ...

45-year-old Ryan Tan has been practising the decorative art of paper cutting for the past 20 years. (Moganraj Villavan @ FMT Lifestyle) A small pair of metallic scissors has been Ray Tan’s most ...

Constance Andrews is a living reminder that age is a state of mind. The 98-year-old former Eldred Township teacher practices the art of Scherenschnitte, also known as paper cutting. But that falls far ...