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There is an art called traditional art.

Paper-cut art is a traditional folk art in China, which has been handed down over time. At first, it was the same as other folk handicrafts.

Paper-cut art belongs to an art evolved from folk customs. Paper-cutting is the same as all folk handicrafts in China. May 20, 2006, has a long history and profound cultural accumulation. Paper-cut art heritage was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list? . Paper-cut art is one of the oldest folk arts in China. The Chinese paper-cut project declared by China was selected into the "Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity". The main feature is that it will give people an empty feeling and understand the origin of folk paper-cutting.

The lower limit of paper-cutting art is very low and the upper limit is also very high. The invention of paper was in the Western Han Dynasty (6th century BC), and the art of paper-cutting appeared in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Before this, there could be no paper-cutting art, but the materials used at that time were very thin, and the paper-cutting art became increasingly prosperous and gradually spread. But paper was popular before it appeared, so let us correctly realize the importance of protecting and promoting paper-cut culture.

Paper-cut art was originally a hollow art. Jiantong named his brother, describing that in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, a plane tree leaf was cut into a "reed" and given to his brother, and it was named Hou in the Tang Dynasty. Under the social practice and artistic exploration of working people in China, the poem "painting yellow in front of the mirror" appeared in Mulan Ci in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. There are more and more paper-cutting techniques, mainly hollowing out, dyeing and sketching. Paper-cutting has been in a period of great development in the Tang Dynasty. There is a saying in Du Fu's poem Peng ADB that "warm soup is enough for me, and paper is my soul".

Paper-cutting has a history of thousands of years in China. In the long history, it has never been forgotten.