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 bird.

The fourth Chinese Paper-Cut Art Festival (the third Yuzhou International Paper-Cut Art Festival) will be held from July 8 to 10 in Yuxian county in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province.

Tillicum Middle School 6th-grader Ezra Tores put down his scissors and held up a red paper dragon he had cut out. Skip to content. Sunday, June 15, 2025. 49°F. Newsletter Contact Us. Search; ...

“Paper-cutting may seem simple but the art of Chinese paper-cutting requires perseverance. It is more than using a pair of scissors and a scalpel to cut designs on red paper.

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 ...

Paper-cutting art: 1,000-years-old Chinese paper-cutting art was included in the “List of Representative Works of Human Intangible Cultural Heritage” in 2009 and Unesco describes it as “one ...

This Free Layered Year of the Snake cut file is made up of 5 layers, and you can cut all five or just the top one. You can use the top layer of the year of the Chinese New Year of the Snake cut ...

Apart from paper-cutting, he practices ancient Chinese art such as calligraphy and brush painting, boasting over 40 years of experience. His notable work portraying subway riders in New York City ...

The ancient paper-cutting art form of jianzhi explores elements from traditional Chinese literature, icons and imagery from Eastern culture .

KANGAR: Over the past decade, 71-year-old Koay Choon Aun has perfected the art of paper cutting and calligraphy – art forms that are essential decorative elements during the Chinese New Year.

Chinese Folk Art -- Paper Cutting 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, ...