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Paper-cutting piece conveys good wishes

Updated: Feb 20, 2023 www.chinaservicesinfo.com Print
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The National Art Museum of China is home to this paper-cutting by Qin Xue’e. [Photo/Official WeChat account of the National Art Museum of China]

In Chinese folk art, a rabbit holding cabbage represents wishes for reproduction and health. This is a paper-cutting created by Qin Xue’e, an intangible cultural heritage inheritor from Xunyi county of Shaanxi province. It depicts two rabbits and two butterflies symmetrically distributed on two sides of a cabbage.

This piece is from the permanent collection of the National Art Museum of China.

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