It has not disappeared. Every place with the tradition of paper-cutting is developing the paper-cutting industry, and many paper-cutting associations and other institutions have also been established.
For example, in the tide of market economy in recent years, Yangzhou paper-cutting industry has continuously expanded its development space and increased the number of varieties under the active guidance and promotion of Yangzhou local government. Currently, there are more than 1,000 types of paper-cutting in Yangzhou. Sales to dozens of countries and regions have brought considerable economic benefits.
Another example is Yu County, Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, which vigorously develops the paper-cutting cultural industry. The Poverty Alleviation Office actively conducts relevant training. Many farmers use their leisure time to make paper-cutting. Through the order cooperation model, they develop cottage industries, making 12,000 poor people in Yu County An increase in per capita income of approximately 10,000 yuan was achieved. There are 96 villages in Yu County with paper-cutting artists. Among them, 15 poor villages have cooperated with enterprises to develop order-based handmade paper-cutting production. There are more than 40,000 employees and more than 6 million sets of paper-cutting are produced annually. The output value of paper-cutting has exceeded 4 billion.
Brothers Gao Dianxin and Gao Dianliang, representatives of Yuxian Gaopai paper-cutting, jointly established Yuxian Dankun Paper-cutting Factory and founded "Yuxian Dianxin Paper-cutting Co., Ltd." The business scope includes paper-cut processing and sales, paper-cut materials, paper-cut tools, etc. The company enjoys a high reputation in the domestic paper-cut art industry.
Liaoning minority paper-cutting art has also entered the classrooms of primary and secondary schools. Taking the Manchu folk paper-cutting in Yiwulu Mountain as an example, more than ten paper-cutting art inheritance genealogies, including Hou Guizhi, Ma Fengyun, Huang Lianyu, and Wang Xiuxia, have broken the original ancestral line. , the master-disciple inheritance method, taking the lead in bringing the national paper-cutting art into primary and secondary school classrooms. Zhang Bo, a member of the Chinese Paper-cutting Art Committee, president of the Jinzhou Paper-cutting Association, and inheritor of the world intangible cultural heritage Lushan Manchu Paper-cutting, founded the country's first "Lushan Manchu Paper-cutting Education and Inheritance Base" in 2005. Since its establishment, the base has taught more than 40,000 people Famous teachers and students have inherited the Lushan Manchu paper-cutting skills. It has been named the "National Folk Culture Education Model School" by the Chinese Folk Literature and Art Artists Association, and the "National Primary and Secondary Schools for the Inheritance of Excellent Chinese Folk Culture and Art" by the Ministry of Education. Benxi Experimental Primary School, Liaoyang Ninth Junior High School, Beizhen Xin District Primary School, Xifeng County Dongfanghong Primary School, etc. are also well-run paper-cut inheritance bases for Liaoning ethnic minorities.
There are 6 Manchu paper-cut inheritance bases in Xiuyan Manchu Autonomous County, Anshan City. The number of students participating in the inheritance and being taught is constantly increasing. More than a thousand paper-cut artists often participate in paper-cut art creation. Among the participants, ranging from octogenarians to teenage girls, they formed a scientific inheritance echelon. Due to the unique and distinctive artistic characteristics of Xiuyan paper-cutting and the large number of participants, Xiuyan County was named the "Hometown of Paper-cutting Art in Liaoning Province" by the Ethnic Affairs Committee of Liaoning Province and the Provincial Department of Culture in 2011.