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Russian students experience paper-cutting magic in Heilongjiang

Updated: May 17, 2024 By Zhou Huiying in Harbin chinadaily.com.cn Print
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International students from Russia experience the charm of traditional Chinese culture — paper-cutting at Heilongjiang College of Performing Art in Harbin, Heilongjiang province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

In celebration of the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Russia, a group of international students from Russia recently experienced the charm of traditional Chinese paper-cutting in Harbin, Heilongjiang province.

Students from Northeast Forestry University and Harbin Medical University were invited to learn the skills of Ni Xiumei, a national intangible cultural inheritor of paper-cutting, together with Chinese students at Heilongjiang College of Performing Art. The activity was part of Heilongjiang's second China-Russia Culture and Art Season.

At the event, Ni demonstrated paper-cutting skills to the students and explained the cultural significance behind them.

The students were amazed by the magic of paper-cutting and created their own artworks, including vivid animals and fruits.

"I had seen the paper-cutting works of Heilongjiang at the international cultural festival heritage exhibition at our university before," said Bystrova Anastasiia, a doctoral student from Northeast Forestry University. "It's so meaningful to have the opportunity to understand Chinese traditional paper-cutting art with my classmates and to try it myself."

Ni Xiumei, a national intangible cultural inheritor of paper-cutting, explains the paper cutting to students from Russia. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
International students from Russia create paper-cutting artworks. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
A student from Russia presents her paper-cutting artwork. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

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