In the plate, there must be at least one paper-cutting of Chinese character "double happiness", or more tastefully, an auspicious design. The bride's family would also use these lucky designs to ...

many think of peonies in red or the Chinese characters fu, meaning luck, or xi, meaning happiness. To change those stereotypes and make paper-cutting more creative, Ye Kaiyuan, a paper-cutting ...

“The hardest thing to master in paper cutting is handling the scissors. You use the scissors as if you were using a pencil to draw something, but you can’t make a mistake. With a pencil you ...

Benxi Manchu paper-cutting – The "Double happiness" motif Benxi Manchu paper ... Influenced by Han Chinese paper-cutting traditions and supported by the development of local papermaking skills ...

Song, 62, is a craftsman in north China's Hebei Province specializing in the Chinese folk art of ... "Actually, learning paper cutting can help make kids more patient, and help train their hands ...

The color red, festivities, auspicious patterns are typical elements found in Chinese traditional paper cutting – a craft that can be easily done with scissors and paper, as long as you can ensure the ...