Diverse Paper-cut Art of Hebei

Paper-cut, known as the most common folk art in China, can date back to the Shang and Zhoudynasties when Chinese ancestors engraved flower patterns on gold and silver spangles and cut leathers as decorations. The extant earliest unearthed paper-cut works were made during the Southern and Northern dynasties （420 - 589 AD）. The five pieces of paper-cut excavated from the three tombs of the period were all made of yellow paper.