Paper-cutting is a folk art to cut and create paper patterns with scissors or carving knives for life decoration or ceremonial folk events. This is a very popular custom in China, an important part in people’s social life and folklore activities. The established designs and patterns sustaining over a long history, which mark the Chinese cultural inheritance, register the Chinese people’s social awareness and practices, the morality, and aesthetically their expectations for a good life. The paper patterns, therefore, play a significant part in cultural awareness, enlightenment, emotional release, entertainment and social networking. On May 20, 2006, the State Council put the paper-cutting on the first list of the national intangible cultural heritages, and later at the fourth session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, from September 28 to October 2, 2009, it won a seat on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.