As a very old Art of Chinese, paper-cut has a tradition so long that it's rather difficult to determine its origin. It's a kind of folk art mainly popular among the northern people in China . Paper-cuts are bright colorful and fine handicrafts along history, most of which draw their materials from local customs and landscape scenery. Its content is mainly related to two principal themes as surviving and breeding . Especially when celebrating a festival, every household beautifies their own room with colorful paper-cuts . It is indispensable with wedding celebration to stick paper-cut flowers . Through the paper-cut, people show their yearnings for beautiful lives and good luck.

    Paper-cut articles are with numerous varieties, mostly including paper-cut for window and ceiling decorations.

    Paper-cut for window decoration is usually of small size. Its works put emphasis on the transparent effect after being hollowed out. The pattern includes the single ones and compound ones. The compound paper-cut is mainly a series of paper-cut of folk subjects and looks like a picture story. In addition, there are corner paper-cuts, used to decorate the four corners of the window. Paper-cut for window decoration has substantial content, which mainly includes birds and beasts, flowers and fish, scenery and figures and other happy patterns such as "Phenix and Peony " and "the Eight Immortals crossing the sea."

    Paper-cut for ceiling decoration is mainly put onto the ceiling of the farmer house, including Round Paper-cut and Corner Paper cut. The former is of round shape, with a diameter from 0.5 to 1 meter. Mostly located in the middle of the bedroom's ceiling, Round Paper-cut often describes "Both Happiness and Longevity," "Golden Fish Playing with the Lotus" .Usually with patterns of flowers and grass, Corner Paper-cut is made into triangles and put onto the four corners of the ceiling, echoing each other with the Round Paper-cut and making the latter more conspicuous.

    Being a traditional fine art in China , Chinese paper-cut enjoys great popularity in the world by numerous art lovers. China paper-cuts are well known for their delicate, outstanding cuttings and have received lots of awards at home and abroad. They are deserved to view, enjoy and collecting.