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Yuxian

Paper & print · 蔚县

A craft-focused route through Yuxian and Nuanquan, with paper-cutting questions that go beyond the red-window souvenir.

Chinese paper-cutting reference; this image is not verified as a Yuxian work. — Chinese paper-cutting reference; this image is not verified as a Yuxian work. Photo: Made by Fanghong · Source · CC BY-SA 3.0. Display resized/cropped; image licence applies to the image.

Cultural route

Yuxian: coloured paper, fortified streets and a slower northern detour

A craft-focused route through Yuxian and Nuanquan, with paper-cutting questions that go beyond the red-window souvenir.

Culture note

Not all Chinese paper-cuts are red

Use Yuxian’s coloured knife-cut work to ask better questions about technique, authorship and contemporary craft.

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