China Red Pack "Gift Of The Year 2008"

Chinese paper cuts reflect many aspects of life such as prosperity, health, or harvest. Some cuttings represent stories about the happiness gained from the accomplishment of common goals. Enjoy the delicate the Chinese paper cuts we offer in China Red Pack.

Papercut is an art form originally created in China. Around the first century A.D., the Chinese invented that most flexible, versatile and adaptable material, paper. The first papercut can be traced date back to the period known as the Northern and Southern Dynasties (386-581 A.D.). In the Tang Dynasty paper cuts are in the subject of poems described as being used to decorate plants and worn by ladies in their hair in form of butterflies and flowers.

Today, papercuttings are chiefly decorative. They ornament walls, windows, doors, columns, mirrors, lamps and lanterns in homes and are also used on presents or are given as gifts themselves. Entrances are decorated with paper cut outs is supposed to bring good luck. Papercuttings used to be used as patterns, especially for embroidery and lacquer work.

In Chinese culture it can reflect many aspects of life such as prosperity, health, or harvest. Some cuttings represent stories about the happiness gained from the accomplishment of common goals.

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