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The bird with peony and plum blossom it expresses a wish for joy to arrive in Spring. 
Greet the New Year and encounter happiness.

Red is the most common color used as it represents good luck and prosperity. 

A folk art with a history of over *5 centuries.

Chinese paper-cuts, as the name implies, is an art of cutting out patterns from paper with the help of a scissor or a knife.

With a history dating back thousands of years, the art is characterized by intricate designs and the creative use of negative space. The cut-outs can be used to adorn walls, columns, mirrors, windows and doors.

During the Chinese New Year, people attach festive cuttings on doors and windows in an attempt to favor prosperity in the coming year. It is perhaps an important reason why this form of art remains one of the country's highly preserved intangible heritages.

In ***9, Chinese paper-cuts were added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.