Paper-cut extension (Jintan paper-cut), a traditional art project in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage projects. Jintan paper-cut was developed on the basis of folk paper-cut decorations such as folk lanterns, paper-cutting, and door paper in the Song Dynasty. It matured and prevailed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was mainly circulated in Jintan area of Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province. After liberation, it gradually disappeared. It was rediscovered in the 1970s. It was revived in the 1980s and has continued to this day. Jintan paper-cut is generally carved with tools such as carving knives, wooden boards, oil pans, and paper (rice paper, lacquer paper, blow-molded paper, etc.). At first, it was mainly pasted on lanterns and paper-cutting as a pattern decoration. Later, it gradually developed into an independent craft and was mostly used in festivals, weddings and funerals. The content includes gods and immortals, opera stories, flowers, birds, insects, fish, etc., which means to drive away ghosts and evil spirits and pray for blessings and auspiciousness. The inheritance of traditional paper-cutting in Jintan is roughly divided into two types: one is handicraft workshops, such as lanterns, paper-making, kites and other industries. During the Republic of China, there were more than 30 such shops in urban and rural areas of Jintan. The paper-cutting skills were basically passed down from master to apprentice and from family to family; the other is traditional female workers. Embroidery and paper-cutting were skills that women had to learn in the old days. Embroidery, including shoe patterns, usually used paper-cut patterns as the base, and these paper-cut patterns can all be used for paper-cutting. After the founding of New China, the paper-cutting industry was banned because it involved feudal superstition. In the mid-1970s, Jintan Cultural Center organized a group of paper-cutting talents from rural areas for training, transformed the content and techniques of paper-cutting, served political propaganda, and won many awards. After the reform and opening up, Jintan paper-cutting not only held special exhibitions in the National Art Museum of China, but was also often sent to overseas exhibitions. Modern Jintan paper-cutting combines ancient and modern themes, has a variety of free formats, novel and luxuriant composition, exquisite carving, and a combination of rigidity and flexibility of lines. It has a strong Jiangnan style and is known as "a flower in Jiangnan". The paper-cut work "From Athens to Beijing" is 29 meters wide and 2.08 meters high. The scroll is collected by the National Museum. Information source: Changzhou Municipal People's Government Office Information source: Changzhou Municipal People's Government Office