In this workshop, participants dove into the rich traditions of paper cutting with a focus on animals, flowers, plants, and Chinese characters for good fortune. With roots in the Han dynasty ...

This Lunar New Year, Si Rui from Nanjing introduces Chinese paper cutting culture to Melbourne, sharing the craft of cutting the twelve zodiac animals with people of diverse backgrounds in Australia.

With it, he creates animals, buildings and ornaments out of paper, at his cosy store a stone’s throw away from Jonker Street here. Tan, 45, discovered his passion for Chinese paper cutting while ...

Unlike most Chinese paper-cutting, Yuxian's craft is not "cut ... historical figures, and auspicious animals to more than 20 series, including scenic landscapes, famous literary characters ...

She captures birds and animals ... m fluent in Spanish, and paper cutting is a big folk art in Mexican and other Latin American cultures. I’m from a family of Chinese descent where cut paper ...

CU Boulder Asian languages faculty Yingjie Li and Yu Zhang reflect on what some consider the luckiest year in the Chinese zodiac An interesting ... but during Spring Festival we’re doing things like ...

Conversely, the Chinese zodiac is composed of 12 different signs, each associated with a respective animal totem and lunar new year. These animals represent the winner’s circle of an ancient ...

Chen also helps promote international cultural and artistic exchanges. With a history of more than 1,500 years, the traditional Chinese art of paper-cutting was included in UNESCO (United Nations ...