Craft:100% handicraft

Origin:Beijing

Chinese Paper Cuts also called Scissor-cuts, it is a kind of folk artwork with rich local flavor popularizing in numerous people. Chinese Paper cuts was come out during the period of Nanbeichao Dynasty.

Colorful paper cut by scissors is often used as decoration and forms various artistic styles because of different purposes, such as for window decoration, basket decoration, present decoration and designs. Among them paper-cut for window decoration is the most popular. So paper-cut is also called Window Grille. Basket decoration is hanging decoration for festivals. Present decoration is to add color for the present and exaggerate living atmosphere and encourage the people's emotions.

Paper-cut designs are to design the models for folk needlework. Most of them are red and some are colorful. Folk scissor-cut is gentle, lovely and vivid with bright color. Cut skills are powerful and smooth. The line is easy. Its subject often comes from the folk and is good decoration.

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This artwork is a colorful fish from the book "Chinese Paper Cutting Classics - Lower Yangtze River Region".

It showcases the charm and exquisite skills of traditional Chinese paper cutting art.

The colorful fish is a symbol of wealth, happiness, and reunion in Chinese traditional culture.

By using paper cutting art to depict the image of the colorful fish on paper, it not only demonstrates the artist's creativity and skills but also inherits the essence and historical significance of Chinese culture.

This artwork is filled with rich cultural atmosphere and artistic value, allowing people to feel the profoundness and unique charm of Chinese traditional culture.

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