Pujiang paper-cutting has a long history. It was recorded in the Yuan and Ming dynasties. In the poem "Ai Wang Yushi" written by Song Lian, a great writer from Pujiang in the Gengxu year of the Hongwu reign of the Ming Dynasty (1730), there is a sentence "It is difficult to summon the soul of the censor with paper-cutting". Pujiang paper-cutting is exquisite in craftsmanship, with a wide range of themes and a strong sense of life. In particular, the local operas in Pujiang during the Qing Dynasty formed the Pujiang Luantan with unique local characteristics. Using opera characters as paper-cutting themes has become an attempt and pursuit. Pujiang opera character paper-cutting has developed spirituality under the unique artistic effect of Pujiang Luantan, and gradually developed into a unique style of paper-cutting art, thus becoming one of the main schools of Chinese paper-cutting. Pujiang paper-cutting has the characteristics of beautiful style, vivid images, simplicity and generosity, a wide range of themes, strong decorativeness and imagination. Pujiang paper-cutting has a long history. It is said that it was quite popular in the Southern Song Dynasty. Most of the authors are working women. In addition to cutting according to traditional patterns, they sometimes design their own drawings and make innovations. Most of the works are cut with scissors, and very few are carved with knives; colored paper-cuts are made by cutting different colored papers into several parts and pasting them together. Pujiang County is located in the central part of Zhejiang Province, with a mild climate and beautiful scenery, which has nurtured a unique paper-cutting art. There are records from the Yuan and Ming Dynasties that the Pujiang writer Song Lian wrote in the poem "Lamenting the King's Censor" in the Gengxu year of the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty (1730) that "paper-cutting is difficult to summon the soul of the censor." It can be seen that there was a custom of summoning souls by paper-cutting in the countryside during the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. Pujiang paper-cutting is exquisite in craftsmanship, with a wide range of themes, rich in life interest, and fresh and generous patterns. Most of them are based on flowers, birds, grass insects, mountains and rivers, pavilions, immortals, folk legends, and historical stories. The most popular form is window paper-cutting. Every Spring Festival, rural girls and wives show their skills, and the bright red window paper-cutting embellishes the festival with joy and enthusiasm. In addition to the Spring Festival, a large number of paper-cuts are made in wedding ceremonies, birthday celebrations, welcoming gods and other activities, including fireworks, lanterns, merit flowers and other categories. Through homophony and symbolism, the ideals and wishes of workers are placed. For example, cutting a pond full of goldfish means a house full of gold and jade, cutting dates, sheng, osmanthus and lotus seeds means early birth of a son, cutting bottles, saddles, halberds and chimes symbolize peace and good fortune, and cutting bats, deer, peaches and spiders means fortune, wealth, longevity and happiness. According to local customs, women who get married must make a large number of paper-cuts such as "dragon and phoenix presenting good fortune", "twin lotuses", "mandarin ducks and lotus", "lotus gives birth to a son", "unicorn giving birth to a son" and cover the dowry gifts and bring them to the man's home, commonly known as "lucky market". This custom has led to Pujiang women starting to train in paper-cutting art since childhood, and produced many exquisite folk paper-cut works. Pujiang's drama culture is developed, represented by Luantan, and drama provides a lot of creative materials for paper-cutting, resulting in many paper-cuts of drama characters. For example, "Lesson", "Broken Bridge", "Sun Wukong Borrows a Fan", etc., have simple lines, ingenious composition, rich background, and distinct characters. Pujiang paper-cutting generally takes 5-10 sheets of dyed earth paper, stacks them, covers them with a sample, pins them with cotton paper, and then uses a special openwork scissors to cut them out from the inside out. The original manuscript of the creation is generally pasted on another thin paper with water, and smoked black with pine branches or oil lamps to obtain a black and white copy, also called a pattern. A wonderful smoked sample will spread quickly if it is passed on from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred. After liberation, Pujiang paper-cutting was injected with the content of new life and had the breath of the new era. A large number of paper-cuttings were published in newspapers and magazines, and a collection of paper-cutting works was also published. In 1988, Pujiang selected 75 works to be exhibited in Japan, showing the artistic charm of Pujiang paper-cutting. "Boat on the Lake", "Listening to the Piano", "Empty City" and other works are included in the "Complete Works of Chinese Art". Pujiang paper-cutting has a long history, unique style, distinct local color, and many talented people, and its works are still preserved. In 1993, it was named "Hometown of Chinese Folk Art (Paper-cutting)" by the Ministry of Culture. In 2005, Pujiang opera paper-cutting was announced by the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government as the first batch of intangible cultural heritage masterpieces. In 2008, it was included in the list of national intangible cultural heritage masterpieces.