Tonight ， I must dream, and be drunk. I dreamed I became a bride and drunk with the red face like the red of paper cut.

Paper cut chant

Paper cut is one of forms to beautify life. It enriches life. Its function is like ancient spring festival scrolls, pictures. Ancient spring festival scrolls and pictures are just sublimed to calligraphy and fine art through active participation of literators and continuous renovation. They have become the sun illuminating human spirit, and its dazzling rays are greatly admired by common people. However, paper-cut has not become more proficient in its profession, only continues our prays and places our wishes on.

I love paper cut--- affection

I falls in love with paper-cut due to the countryside life in childhood. In countryside, every home pastes paper-cut on holidays and at wedding ceremonies. Countrymen show their cleverness and elegance through coarse and simple, perspicacity through childlike and clumsy. With a scissor and a color paper, they can produce a new world: a couple of cats, a tiger, etc. Paper- cut can not only satisfy their demand and also connect their hearts, and thoroughly present the simple and ardor of countrymen.

We love paper cut

Paper cut is a folk art with people's ideal to beauty, happiness and peaceful life. In the process of paper cut, imagination of people can be inspired, also volition can be chastened. Paper cut shows us the importance of patience. Paper cut endows us a pair of light hands, which help us know the value of folk art.

We love paper cut, and should publicize, protect and develop it.

Hope of elders

Looking at the honor certificates, we admire and respect him. He says to us: “he hope he can see more people love Ningxia paper cut.” He says, in order to sustain paper cut in Ningxia. He even teach people at Yuhuangge. He is the first one apply coloration in paper cut. We hope Ningxia Paper cut can pass on by generation. I teach students abroud to learn paper cut. They teach me English. We help each other.

Seeing the old man here, I hope his wished can come true.

Our hope

Paper cut is popular among public. In Ningxia. Pape cut has long history. They cur for different purposes. When we are children, we stick paper cut on the white paper in the windows.

With the development of era, earth house is replaced by brick house, paper window is replaced by glass window. We can never see the fiery scene. Paper cut should be popular among common people.

We hope we can reflect paper cut through a passionate old man. We hope in the future there are more people to inherit and develop paper cut culture.

Introduction on Zhang Lixue

Zhang Lixue was born in 1948 in Taole Town Pingluo County Ningxia. He has been devoted in paper cut for more than 30 years. He is awarded as China excellent culture person.

In 2004, the 280 th after the establishment of Pingluo County , farmer painting and calligraphy exhibition is going to be held. He create a “Yangbian Cuima Song Liangma” and gets first prize.

In September 2006, The Sixth (Weilong) China Century Collect Songs gave first prize to him for his work of “Jiuniu Tu” and he is the only participator from Ningxia to gt first prize.

In 2007 Third China Great Harmony international Paper cut Art Festival, his thesis on paper cutting “Sky, Wild Flower, and Village Earth Affection” was honored with honorable thesis prize. He communicated with many paper cut artists and improved each other. “Western Morning Edition, China Style, Glamour China , all reported him. In April 2007, he was invited to be senior artist and honor director of China International Artist Association, and was honored with China prominent cultural person. China Art Folk Art Comprehensive Book” awarded him as Paper-Cut Artist.