papercut in china ----12Birth-Animal

Chinese paper cut is a picture cut out on a paper with scissors. The picture patterns are often pasted on the lintels, windows, or lanterns to express the feelings of joy and the perceptions in life. Hence the scissors cut is also known as "scissors picture" or "paper cut for window decoration". The patterns are often designed from events in the jubilant festivals, bumper harvest of the cereals, stories of the folk opera, children or animals, and others. They are very beautiful, interesting and widely popular among Chinese people.

     The art of paper-cut may be traced back to a period

     as early as the anciant southand North Dynasties。It appeared at the same time of dis-covery of Chinese papermaking and is still prosperous across China .The paper-cut of the south is delicate and those of the north

    are robust and energetic.The paper-cut art has become one of the magnificent and beautiful flowers in the Chinese national artistic theasures.