Chengdu, Day 15

Paper-cutting is a very unique to art form, native to China. Unlike the art of paper folding, or origami, native to Japan, this craft requires much more patience and a keen eye to be able to know where to cut or slice to form the desired outcome. Trying my hands at this craft was unlike what I had anticipated. Expecting a very boring class on simply cutting shapes into paper, I was surprise at the level of difficulty that paper-cutting offers, after being stuck at step one. I was delighted to when I achieved the outcome, although not perfect and far different from the one the instructor had created.  I was also able to truly appreciate and aspect of the Chinese culture which was once never occurred to me as a Chinese tradition.