Events featuring craft of Horinger paper-cutting held to mark "Lichun" in Inner Mongolia

Two children watch a craftsman making a piece of Horinger paper-cutting work at an exhibition hall of the Horinger Tuchengzi Archaeological Site Park in Horinger County, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Feb. 4, 2026. Events featuring the traditional craft of Horinger paper-cutting, a national intangible cultural heritage, were held in Horinger County on Wednesday to mark "Lichun," or the Beginning of Spring, the first of the 24 solar terms on the Chinese lunar calendar, and to welcome the upcoming Spring Festival. (Xinhua/Bei He)

Students learn Horinger paper-cutting skills at an exhibition hall of the Horinger Tuchengzi Archaeological Site Park in Horinger County, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Feb. 4, 2026. Events featuring the traditional craft of Horinger paper-cutting, a national intangible cultural heritage, were held in Horinger County on Wednesday to mark "Lichun," or the Beginning of Spring, the first of the 24 solar terms on the Chinese lunar calendar, and to welcome the upcoming Spring Festival. (Xinhua/Bei He)

Duan Jianjun (front, 2nd R), a national representative inheritor of Horinger paper-cutting, displays paper-cutting skills for students at an exhibition hall of the Horinger Tuchengzi Archaeological Site Park in Horinger County, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Feb. 4, 2026. Events featuring the traditional craft of Horinger paper-cutting, a national intangible cultural heritage, were held in Horinger County on Wednesday to mark "Lichun," or the Beginning of Spring, the first of the 24 solar terms on the Chinese lunar calendar, and to welcome the upcoming Spring Festival. (Xinhua/Bei He)

Duan Jianjun (front R), a national representative inheritor of Horinger paper-cutting, pastes paper-cutting works on a window with villagers in Taigedou Village of Horinger County, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Feb. 4, 2026. Events featuring the traditional craft of Horinger paper-cutting, a national intangible cultural heritage, were held in Horinger County on Wednesday to mark "Lichun," or the Beginning of Spring, the first of the 24 solar terms on the Chinese lunar calendar, and to welcome the upcoming Spring Festival. (Xinhua/Bei He)

Niu Chunxia (2nd L), a representative inheritor of Horinger paper-cutting, displays paper-cutting skills for students at an exhibition hall of the Horinger Tuchengzi Archaeological Site Park in Horinger County, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Feb. 4, 2026. Events featuring the traditional craft of Horinger paper-cutting, a national intangible cultural heritage, were held in Horinger County on Wednesday to mark "Lichun," or the Beginning of Spring, the first of the 24 solar terms on the Chinese lunar calendar, and to welcome the upcoming Spring Festival. (Xinhua/Bei He)

Two children paste paper-cutting works on a window in Taigedou Village of Horinger County, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Feb. 4, 2026. Events featuring the traditional craft of Horinger paper-cutting, a national intangible cultural heritage, were held in Horinger County on Wednesday to mark "Lichun," or the Beginning of Spring, the first of the 24 solar terms on the Chinese lunar calendar, and to welcome the upcoming Spring Festival. (Xinhua/Bei He)

Duan Jianjun, a national representative inheritor of Horinger paper-cutting, introduces a piece of paper-cutting work at an exhibition hall of the Horinger Tuchengzi Archaeological Site Park in Horinger County, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Feb. 4, 2026. Events featuring the traditional craft of Horinger paper-cutting, a national intangible cultural heritage, were held in Horinger County on Wednesday to mark "Lichun," or the Beginning of Spring, the first of the 24 solar terms on the Chinese lunar calendar, and to welcome the upcoming Spring Festival. (Xinhua/Ma Jinrui)