Nantong pupils experience charm of traditional Chinese culture

Li Haifeng, inheritor of Nantong paper cutting, teaches a girl how to cut the Chinese character "春". [Photo/Nantong Daily]

Students at Chongchuan Primary School in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province, tried their hands at paper cutting and palm leaf weaving on Dec 15.

Li Haifeng, inheritor of Nantong paper cutting, introduced the history and cultural background of paper cutting to help them get a preliminary understanding of the traditional craft and then demonstrated how to cut an exquisite work out of a piece of paper.

Cao Guihua, inheritor of Nantong palm leaf weaving techniques, shows a girl how to practice the art. [Photo/Nantong Daily]

Cao Guihua, inheritor of Nantong palm leaf weaving techniques, was also invited to show students how to weave palm leaves into different figures.

Guided by the two inheritors, students cut the Chinese character "春" and weaved vivid animals with palm leaves all by themselves.

Students show off their paper-cuts. [Photo/Nantong Daily]

The activity is the last of its series, which was launched by Nantong Daily Media Group and the Nantong Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center. The intangible cultural heritage activity has invited multiple craftsmen in the city to give nearly 20 lectures at six schools.