Yangzhou paper cutting，with a（1）h

istory

istory

of 2，000 years，can be dated back to the Sui Dynasty，making Yangzhou one of the places where paper cutting（2）f

irst

irst

became popular.
    In the Sui Dynasty，the people of Yangzhou would cut （3）c

olourful

olourful

paper or silk and satin （緞子） to celebrate festivals.It is said that Emperor （皇帝） Yang came to Yangzhou three （4）t

imes

imes

.In winter，the flowers and trees in the garden became dry and weak.The emperor ordered the girl servants to cut fine silk and satin into flowers and leaves and use them to decorate the trees and lakes.Since then， "colorful cutting" has become a（5）p

opular

opular

art in Yangzhou.
    In the Tang Dynasty，the paper cutting industry was（6）h

ighly

ighly

developed and a large amount of high-quality paper was made as presents to the Court（宮廷）.
    In the Qing Dynasty， （7）b

ecause

ecause

of the economic development，the people of Yangzhou became interested in（8）w

earing

earing

fine clothing，especially embroidered （刺繡的） clothing.The embroidered designs were based on paper-cuts，the most well-known of them was from Bao Jun，a paper cutting master.He（9）w

on

on

a high reputation （名聲） as Magic Scissors for his wonderful cutting skills.
    After the People's Republic of China was started，the Chinese government accepted the importance of paper cutting like many other arts and skills.In 2007，China Paper-cuts Museum opened to the（10）p

ublic

ublic

in the back garden of the Wang's Residence （住所），Yangzhou，greatly helping the development of Yangzhou paper cutting.