Paper-cutting (Taiyuan paper-cutting), a traditional folk art of Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, is one of the national intangible cultural heritages. Taiyuan paper-cutting has a long history, as can be seen in the historical fact of "cutting tung trees to ennoble the younger brother" recorded in "Historical Records of the Jin Dynasty". The poet Yu Xin of the Northern and Southern Dynasties wrote in a poem: "Shu Yu lived in Hefen, the emperor carved tung leaves, and the heavenly book was in charge of the text. Rites were used to cultivate virtue, and music was used to sing. The emperor had no jokes, and the Tang Dynasty had its own king." ("Praise for King Cheng Carving Tung Leaves"). It has been passed down from generation to generation, forming a long, broad and unique artistic style of Taiyuan paper-cutting. Tang poems such as "Cutting ribbons for people to start the Jin style" and "Skillfully cutting tung leaves to shine on the window screen" praise Taiyuan paper-cutting. Taiyuan paper-cutting can properly decorate the environment and create an atmosphere, which is popular among the masses and has been passed down to this day. Taiyuan paper-cutting has more than a thousand patterns, including decoration, folk belief, and time-limited. Whether it is folding, cutting, or carving, and whether it is coloring, dyeing, or lining, it has its own unique techniques and artistic creation style. It has both the roughness of northern paper-cutting and the delicateness of southern paper-cutting. The two are cleverly integrated into a school of its own. It is realistic but not rigid, exaggerated but not absurd, giving people a subtle and natural beauty, and condensing the charm of Taiyuan's ancient culture and art. On May 24, 2021, paper-cutting (Taiyuan paper-cutting) was approved by the State Council of the People's Republic of China to be included in the fifth batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, numbered -16.