[Explanation] The 2021 National Two Sessions will be held soon.

Recently, Zhou Shuying, a representative of the National People’s Congress and the inheritor of the paper-cut national intangible cultural heritage in Yuxian County, Hebei, said in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency that one of the suggestions she brought Heritage culture and economy help each other and develop together.

  [Concurrent] Zhou Shuying, National Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritor, Representative of the National People's Congress

  My experience over the years is to combine our intangible cultural heritage with the enterprise, (like my paper-cutting before) and the (enterprise) milk powder and milk packaging, which is also very popular.

I think this is the development of intangible cultural heritage that helps enterprises and enterprises help the development of intangible cultural heritage.

I will continue to make suggestions in this regard, so that more intangible cultural heritage paper-cut artists or other artists can participate in this matter, and the platform for integrating our intangible cultural heritage with enterprises will be bigger and bigger, and our government will also provide us with this link. The platform of this aspect has combined our enterprise and intangible cultural heritage to develop better and better.

  [Explanation] Yuxian paper-cutting originated in the Ming Dynasty. It is a traditional folk art with a unique style and a high reputation at home and abroad.

In the previous two sessions, Zhou Shuying suggested that intangible cultural heritage should be included in the education and teaching system. Now this work has been gradually advancing.

  [Concurrent] Zhou Shuying, curator of Zhou Shuying's Paper-cutting Art Museum, Yu County, Zhangjiakou, National People's Congress

  The suggestion of including intangible cultural heritage into the education and teaching system and promoting the prosperity and development of national culture was also instructed by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Now I am particularly satisfied. Now some textbooks have been published in this area, I think This is one after another in the development of this work.

  [Explanation] At the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Zhou Shuying took her paper-cutting works to go abroad, and the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics also brought her new creative inspiration. She combined the Winter Olympics projects with traditions. Combining paper-cutting techniques, traditional skills radiate new vitality in her hands.

  [Live sound] You see, this is a combination of the shapes of the drama characters in the past and the modern ice and snow sports.

  [Concurrent] Zhou Shuying, curator of Zhou Shuying's Paper-cutting Art Museum, Yu County, Zhangjiakou, National People's Congress

  As the inheritors of intangible cultural heritage, I think we should do our part in the Winter Olympics.

I also designed a series of these Winter Olympics (paper-cutting projects), using a new concept, combined with some traditional concepts, and some new techniques, to make some Winter Olympics series of works.

  [Explanation] At the moment when short videos are popular, some craftsmen put their creative process on the Internet, which is loved by many young people.

Zhou Shuying also intends to make an attempt in this area, so that not only Chinese but also foreigners can appreciate the charm of Chinese paper-cut culture through the Internet.

She also hopes that there will be more exchange platforms in the future, so that Chinese intangible cultural heritage can go abroad and go further.

  [Concurrent] Zhou Shuying, curator of Zhou Shuying's Paper-cutting Art Museum, Yu County, Zhangjiakou, National People's Congress

  In the face of our current situation (the normalization of epidemic prevention and control), we are spreading our traditional Chinese culture through the Internet. I think this is very good. I hope that there will be more platforms in this area, so that we can go out and go more. Broad, farther.

  Reporter Shan Lu and Xing Chong reporting from Beijing

Editor in charge: 【Luo Pan】