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Paper cutting, Putian

Since Ming Dynasty, there have been special guilds that produced paper cuttings in a large amount. The products have been sold to provinces in the middle and southern, southwest of China, even countries in Southeast Asia. Putian paper cutting can be classified into copper line, paper line, copper write, silver write, big class, chromatography of woodcut and digging, pure color, etc. according to it raw materials and making skills. It utilizes copper foil and silver screen of the local products, with the skill and technique of cutting, carving, digging etc., added with various colored paper and painted with various patterns. It is colorful with the characteristics of the South China. Putian paper cuttings are beautiful as well as simple and vigorous. It is made according to the function needed and the suitable skills.