In the plate, there must be at least one paper-cutting of Chinese character ... it was used as an ornament to presents as well. Indeed, it was a very practical folk art. For example: Paper ...

which might be used for interior décor (windows, beds and ceilings), festivities (weddings, birthdays and ceremonies), or prayers (invoking the rain, warding off the devil, and so on). As a key part ...

Co-organized by the Chinese Students and Scholars Associations of King's College London and the Royal College of Art, along with the Shaanxi Province Art Museum, the exhibition Blooming on Paper ...