Paper-cutculture

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Paper-cutting is one of the oldest and the most popular folk arts in China,which may benefit from the fact that paper is invented by Chinese and dates back to ancient China.
Chinese paper-cutting originated from ancient activities of worshipping ancestors and gods, and is a traditional part of Chinese culture.At that time,people used other thin materials, like leaves, silver foil, silk and even leather, to carve hollowed patterns. Later, when paper was invented, people realized that this material was easy to cut, store and discard,and paper became the major material for this type of artwork. The main material of paper-cutting is paper,during the appearance of paper in Han dynasty,this artistry witnessed its most prosperous period.