Li Wen, a paper-cutting artist from Lingbi county, Suzhou city, east China's Anhui Province, (work) in the art industry for 17 years.
In 2005, Li was studying oil painting at Lingbi Normal School in Lingbi county when she saw wedding paper-cutting works stuck on the windows of her neighbor's house and was (deep) impressed by the craft (手艺), as well as the lifelike images on (they).
"I had never thought before that traditional arts and crafts could be so beautiful, "Li said. Since then, Li has wholeheartedly thrown herself into (learn) the craft.
Li always brings scissors (剪刀)and paperher wherever she goes, and has created paper-cutting works under various(theme), including pictures of Zhong Kui, a god traditionally regarded as a vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings, local folk customs, plants and crops, among others.
Li's excellent (able) and serious attitude towards the art has helped her go far. She has been awarded several honorary titles, including "Master in Arts and Crafts"of Suzhou city and an inheritor of Lingbi paper-cutting art, which is a city-level (culture)heritage (遗产).
Li, is also a teacher at Lingbi Normal School, has given paper-cutting classes there to introduceart form to more students.
