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Paper-cutting, also called paper engraving, is one of the oldest folk arts of Han nationality in China. Paper-cutting is a kind of hollow art, which gives people a sense of emptiness and artistic enjoyment visually. The carrier of paper-cutting can be paper, gold and silver foil, bark, leaves, cloth and leather. In 2008, a new kind of hand-made multi-layer color paper-cut appeared, the most representative of which is Jiangping paper-cut in northern Shaanxi. It developed into a multi-color, color-matching and beautiful pattern, forming a primary color and heavy color artistic language of "seeking complexity in simplicity, seeking sum in complexity and seeking difference in harmony".

Paper-cutting is a folk art form with a long history and widely spread in rural areas of China. Paper-cutting is to cut paper into various patterns with scissors, such as window grilles, doormats, wall hangings, ceilings, snuff and so on. The emergence and spread of this folk art is closely related to the festival customs in rural areas of China. On festivals or wedding celebrations, the word "Xi" is usually affixed. People stick beautiful and bright paper-cuts on snow-white walls or bright windows, doors and lanterns, and the festive atmosphere is rendered very rich and festive. Paper-cut art is a traditional folk craft of Han nationality. It has a long history and is enduring. It is a treasure in China folk art, and also a treasure in the world art treasure house. Simple, vivid and interesting artistic modeling has unique artistic charm. Its characteristics are mainly manifested in the two-dimensional concept of space, knife-like paper feeling, lines and decoration, freehand brushwork and implication [1] and many other aspects.