Paper Cut
Paper cut is an art form originally created in China. Around the first century A.D., the Chinese invented that most flexible, versatile and adaptable of materials -- paper. The first paper cut can be traced date back to the period known as the Northern and Southern Dynasties (A.D. 386-581). In the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618-906) paper cuts are the subject of a poem by the poet Ts'ui Tao-yung and from other sources of this period they are described as being used to decorate plants and worn by ladies in their hair in form of butterflies and flowers.
