The history of Ruichang paper-cutting art can be traced back to the Han and Jin Dynasties. After more than 1,000 years of inheritance and integration by countless artists, it has formed a unique personality and style. Ruichang paper-cutting uses scissors as tools, and uses both yin and yang cutting methods. It is characterized by simplicity and beauty, symmetrical composition, vivid shapes and bright cutting methods. It is different from the rough northern paper-cutting and the delicate southern paper-cutting. Ruichang paper-cutting may have the beauty of femininity, exquisiteness, beauty and rigor; or the beauty of masculinity, simplicity, solidity and boldness; or the complementarity of yin and yang, the coexistence of virtuality and reality, and the combination of hardness and softness. The themes are mostly folk tales, flowers, birds, animals, drama characters, etc. The most common theme in the selection of materials is the use of yin and yang, or the combination of yin and yang. The metaphorical symbols of traditional culture are completely preserved in the patterns and composition, implying the attraction of wealth, the birth of a son, the icing on the cake, a happy marriage, a hundred seeds of a pomegranate, and the combination of yin and yang, such as fish playing with lotus, magpies picking plums, and butterflies playing with golden melons. Representative works include "Eighty-Seven Immortals", "108 Generals of the Water Margin", "Twelve Beauties of Jinling", "Ladies", "Four Beauties" and "Agricultural Series" such as "Rice Milling". Ruichang paper-cutting has its own characteristics in cutting. First, it is "random", and the shape is not restricted by reality, time and space, anatomy, or 1. Second, in terms of cutting, it has both the strong and heavy characteristics of the north and the flexible and delicate characteristics of the south. Third, in the composition and layout, a balanced single pattern is used, and symmetrical patterns are rarely used. Fourth, sometimes non-hollowing techniques are used to create an artistic effect that is sometimes blurred and sometimes clear, giving Ruichang paper-cutting a subtle, hidden charm and a hazy, mysterious color. The fact that Ruichang paper-cutting can continue for more than 1,000 years is inseparable from the support of various folk customs in Ruichang and the admiration of rural society. Paper-cutting art has been regarded as an artistic treasure by Ruichang people since ancient times. The use of paper-cutting can be seen in Ruichang's folk customs such as festival customs, wedding customs, birthday customs, funeral customs, witchcraft customs, and farming customs. During major folk traditional festivals such as the Spring Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, every household in Ruichang hangs lanterns and decorations, and cuts paper and draws in the halls and rooms. Most families post paper-cut patterns such as "plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum, lotus root, lotus, golden rooster crowing, fish leaping over the dragon gate" to wish for good wishes such as good luck in the new year, good luck in everything, surplus every year, peace in all seasons, and welcoming the spring. There is an unwritten custom in the rural areas of Ruichang that the man's family will choose a spouse based on the woman's paper-cutting and embroidery skills, and people regard this as a standard for assessing the IQ of young women. In the old marriage customs of Ruichang, before proposing a marriage, the matchmaker would find an opportunity for the woman to show her paper-cutting and embroidery talents to the man. After the match, the woman would take the initiative to give the man a pair of hand-made embroidered socks or cloth sandals as a token of love. The commonly used paper-cutting and embroidery contents in marriages include patterns such as "butterflies playing with golden melons, magpies picking plums, cowherd and weaver girl, dragon and phoenix bringing good luck, mandarin ducks playing in the water, Guanyin giving birth, golden boy and jade girl, and pomegranates bearing hundreds of seeds". The birthday, funeral, witchcraft and other customs of Ruichang people are also inseparable from paper-cutting. For example, in birthday celebrations, the clothes, hats, shoes, birthday halls, and birthday tents of the "birthday star" are all decorated with paper-cuts. The content of the paper-cuts is generally unicorns delivering children, pine and cranes in spring, pine and cranes prolonging life, longevity, longevity, longevity, and longevity. The shadow of paper-cuts can also be seen in Ruichang's agricultural activities. There are even two agricultural activities that are closely related to paper-cuts. The first is picking new tea. During the season of picking new tea, tea girls try their best to dress themselves up, "fully armed" with various paper-cut embroidered costumes made by themselves, and then talk and play with men while working, and sing songs. The second is transplanting rice seedlings. During the rice seedling season, farmers must plant several bunches of paper-cut flowers on the edge of the field to celebrate. In addition to being used in traditional folk customs, Ruichang paper-cuts are also widely used in modern life. A good paper-cut can be used as a decoration for doors, windows, ceilings, baskets, and furniture, and can also be used as an embroidery pattern for pillowcases, shoe uppers, door curtains, and tablecloths. In 2008, Ruichang artists used their efforts to create many works, and published a collection of "Cheers for the Olympics-Ruichang Paper-cutting Collection" dedicated to 1. Ruichang paper-cutting is distributed in 22 towns, fields, and street offices in the city. According to the census statistics in 1988, there are more than 2,200 paper-cutting artists. Representative artists include Ke Xueying, Hu Sanggui, Wang Mulian, Zhu Puguang, etc. Zhu Puguang has the highest skills. He has created more than 200 large-scale paper-cutting series works and more than 1,000 small-scale paper-cutting series works such as window paper-cuts and zodiac signs. His works use non-hollowing techniques, alternating between virtual and real, connected from beginning to end, and self-contained. For example, "108 Generals of Water Margin", which is 11 meters long and 0.45 meters wide, took two years to complete. It is the longest paper-cutting work in Jiangxi Province so far.