Huining paper-cutting is mainly distributed in the towns and villages of Huining County, Gansu Province, with Gangouyi Township being the most outstanding. Huining paper-cutting has a long history. It was fully mature in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and was widely used in the local folk social life. It is the most traditional and popular art style for local people to beautify their homes and decorate festivals. Common themes include flowers, plants, birds and animals, folk customs, festive meanings, opera characters, folk legends and daily life. The forms of expression are mostly window flowers, lantern flowers and kang flowers. The picture structure of paper-cutting patterns is mainly overall symmetry and cross symmetry. The shapes are vivid and free, straightforward and unrestrained, full of strong local flavor and unique and novel decorative interest. The authors of Huining paper-cutting are mainly women, and some skillful men have also joined them. They mostly create during the slack season or during festivals. They usually communicate and observe each other in their spare time. Creating paper-cutting is fun, which is the main way for Huining paper-cutters to express their ideals in life and express their living conditions. Its representative artists include Li Yulian, Cao Xiuying, Zhang Lanfang, Zhao Lanfang, Tian Juntang, Zhang Xiaoxia, Zhang Fangqin, Shi Xiaoe, Qin Ying, etc. Due to the impact of market economy and foreign culture, Huining paper-cutting has no successors and is facing the danger of being lost, so protection work is imminent.