(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-HORINGER PAPER-CUTTING-INHERITOR (CN)

(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-HORINGER PAPER-CUTTING-INHERITOR (CN)

(240412) -- HOHHOT, April 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Duan Jianjun (R) and his apprentice Niu Chunxia discuss paper-cutting skills at his institute in Horinger County, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 14, 2024. The Horinger paper-cutting has formed a unique artistic style with rich patterns demonstrating animals, plants and folk customs, which is closely related to the geographical location of Horinger County, a place boasts a long history of both farming civilization and nomadic civilization. The craft was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list in 2008. Duan Jianjun, 51, is a national representative inheritor of Horinger paper-cutting. Since 1994, Duan has been engaged in the protection work of Horinger paper-cutting techniques by collecting dictations from elderly people to record paper-cutting instructions and patterns. His work has brought many endangered skills and a large number of precious patterns back to life. In recent years, with the support of local authorit

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