Olympic paper cuts

2008-08-22 13:23:08.0

Guangling County in Shanxi Province has published 2,000 bound collections of exquisite paper cuttings representing Olympic sports. Each collection contains 143 separate cuttings mounted on 72 pages. Craftsmen from Jiaoshan Village, famous for its paper-cuttings, have been working on the project for a year.

The village was crowned as "International Paper-cutting Village" at the Third International Paper-cutting Exhibition on August 22, 2007.

Paper-cutting showing the Men's Olympic pistol shooting event. Handicraft is made by artists from Jiaoshan Village, Guangling County, Shanxi Province.

Paper-cutting representing the Women's Olympic rifle shooting event. Handicraft made by artists from Jiaoshan Village, Guangling County, Shanxi Province.

Paper-cutting representing Women's Olympic volleyball. Handicraft made by artists from Jiaoshan Village, Guangling County, Shanxi Province.

Paper-cutting representing Men's Olympic judo. Handicraft made by artists from Jiaoshan Village, Guangling County, Shanxi Province.

Paper-cutting representing Women's Olympic judo. Handicraft made by artists from Jiaoshan Village, Guangling County, Shanxi Province.

Paper-cutting representing Women's Olympic gymnastics. Handicraft made by the artists from Jiaoshan Village, Guangling County, Shanxi Province.

Three generations of Wang Xingcai's family are skilled paper cutters. Wang is one of the paper-cutting masters of Jiaoshan Village, Guangling County, Shanxi Province.

Children in Jiaoshan Village learning to make paper cuttings.