Pu Yao uses paper-cutting techniques to create traditional hanfu dress. [Photo by Gao Wenya/For chinadaily.com.cn] "This is my first attempt at applying traditional paper-cutting techniques to ...

In the skilled hands of Pu Yao, a Shaanxi artisan, a 3-meter-long paper-cutting hanfu adorned with cloud motifs and featuring a phoenix is taking shape. Before her lies an expansive garment ...