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Paper-cutting 

Ancient Chinese cut the leaves ,clothes ,leather into the patterns. In Han dynasty, people invented paper-making. They began to learn cutting the paper into the patterns used for indoor decoration. This kind of art passes on from generation to generation by mother teaching her daughter, and lasts so far. There are many kind of the paper-cutting :used for celebration of festival, New Year, moving to a new house; used in religional activities; paper-cutting which patterns are ancient figures and animals. Its color is mostly red or colored.

 

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