Hui paper-cutting originated in the Tang Dynasty and formed a unique style in the Ming Dynasty. Xingjing Town, Xixia District, Yinchuan City, has a simple folk customs and rich folk art resources. The art of paper-cutting has a long history. Hui paper-cutting occupies an important position in the paper-cutting of Xixia District. Through Hui paper-cutting works, people can see the life of Hui people and some customs and beliefs of Hui people, so as to deepen their understanding of Hui people. In recent years, with the gradual development of rural economy and the gradual improvement of farmers' cultural level, thoughtful Hui rural women use Hui paper-cutting to express life and create a batch of Hui paper-cutting works full of rural flavor and simple and heavy style. These works inherit the delicate side of traditional paper-cutting, but unlike traditional paper-cutting, it focuses more on reflecting the life of Hui people in terms of expression content, and likes to use still life to express quiet and beautiful feelings. They are popular among the people with a strong Hui hometown atmosphere and solid skills, expressing the simple concepts of rural Hui people. There is a folk song "Hua'er" in the Hui nationality that goes: "The fog is lingering on Baiyun Mountain, and people are looking for Ganoderma lucidum. Only the girl Ga is showing off her skills, and she cuts all kinds of flowers as she pleases." In Xixia District, the paper-cutting of Hui women is rich in content and full of life. Their works can be seen everywhere on windows, walls, and cabinets, which fully reflects the unique aesthetic consciousness of the Hui nationality. There are certain differences between Hui paper-cutting and Han paper-cutting, which are mainly reflected in themes and contents. Hui paper-cutting mainly shows five aspects: one is vegetables, such as water radish and Chinese cabbage; the second is flowers, such as peony and lotus; the third is fruits, such as grapes and watermelons; the fourth is animals, such as cattle, butterflies, prairie chickens; the fifth is natural scenery, such as covered tea bowls, Hui soup bottles, and beautiful sand lakes. The techniques are well-proportioned, the shapes are realistic, and the Hui style is full of hometown flavor. Due to the influence of ethnic beliefs, the Hui people do not cut people, cats, and dogs, except for the Olympic Fuwa. Hui paper-cutting is widely spread in Xixia District, which has laid a certain mass foundation for Hui paper-cutting. In their spare time, women from various villages and groups take a pair of scissors, choose a few colored papers, and cut out various works according to their own preferences, imagination and creativity, and compare them with each other, which not only exchanges skills but also cultivates sentiments. The works they cut are rich in content and profound in meaning. There are "Gaiwan Tea", "Mosque", "Hui Soup Bottle", "Hui Farmers Praying", "Eid al-Fitr", and "Eid al-Adha" that show the traditional folk customs of the Hui nationality; there are "Hui Farmers Playing Mouth Strings", "Chicken Holding Plum", "Big Rooster Pecking at Children", "Goldfish Making Trouble at Lotus", and "Butterfly in Love with Flowers" that show the Hui nationality's taste for life and simple, generous, and natural aesthetic concepts; there are "Reciting the Koran", "Chinese Hui Hometown Customs Garden", "White Lotus", "Water Radish", "Blooming Garlic", and "Big Tree Roots" that naturally imitate traditional concepts; there are "Hui Girls Going to the Market", "New Look of the Countryside", "Intensive Farming", "Abundant Harvest", "Abundant Fruits", and "Harvest Picture" that show the natural forms of modern concepts. These are all in the mind and are not bound by time and space. Many works also embody the Hui people's desire to pursue a better life and have a relatively profound implication. After their skillful layout, bold topic, and borrowing of form to imply meaning, they have either vivid images or meaningful and implicit artistic charm. With the establishment of Yinchuan Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Base in No. 6 Middle School, Hui paper-cutting has also entered the campus, which has made more and more young people realize that Hui paper-cutting is not just a simple cultural heritage of skills, but a concept, a concept, and a life attitude that represents optimism and positivity. As society develops, the paper-cutting art of Hui women is also constantly being renewed, and they are the disseminators and inheritors of traditional culture. Information source: Yinchuan Municipal Government Portal Information source: Yinchuan Municipal Government Portal