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Paper-cutting was recognized as a national cultural
heritage(遗产)in
2006. According to experts, paper-cutting conveys the culture
shared between China {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the West to wish for family reunions and
maintain links with loved ones, alive or dead.
In the movie Coco, for instance, the 12-year-old Miguel and his family
dance and sing to celebrate the Day of the Dead, a {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (tradition)festival in Mexico,
when colorful
paper-cuts are hung on the street. Chinese people also cut images of small
figures {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (call) back the spirits of the dead. The difference
is that most Chinese paper-cuts are red, while those in other countries {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (be) often made in many other colors.
Fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen liked to cut {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (character), such as princesses and angels,
out of paper while {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (tell) stories to children. In China,
female friends and
family members used to chat and make paper-cuts together.
“{#blank#}7{#/blank#}the
patterns and colors may be different, paper-cuts share the same function of
maintaining emotional ties among people,
"says
Yang Huizi, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} art teacher at Beijing Union.
Yang {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (study) and performed the art for over a
decade. Besides routine university courses, she also organizes nonprofit
paper-cutting activities {#blank#}10{#/blank#}are open to the public in Beijing to
promote basic knowledge of paper-cutting.