Foreign experts get a hands-on experience on paper-cutting at Guangxi International Paper Arts Center in Nanning, capital of the South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Sunday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Some 20 foreign experts from seven countries, including the United States, France, Indonesia, Thailand, were invited to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year with paper-cutting in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Sunday.
In China, pasting paper-cuttings, an intangible heritage of China, on windows or doors is an tradition during the festival.
Foreign experts get a hands-on experience on paper-cutting at Guangxi International Paper Arts Center in Nanning, capital of the South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Sunday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Pattama Surit, an professor from Thailand who now works at Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, said, "This would be my first Spring Festival in China. I have learned many traditional custom this time besides the paper-cutting, which makes me feel warm and happy."
Foreign experts get a hands-on experience on paper-cutting at Guangxi International Paper Arts Center in Nanning, capital of the South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Sunday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
According to the Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs of Guangxi, the organizer of this activity, Guangxi is seeing more and more foreign experts as it speeds up opening-up. In order to attract more outstanding foreign talents , the government has constantly launched actions to facilitate their settlement since 2017, including offering cultural experience and building information platforms for consultancy.
Foreign experts get a hands-on experience on paper-cutting at Guangxi International Paper Arts Center in Nanning, capital of the South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Sunday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Foreign experts get a hands-on experience on paper-cutting at Guangxi International Paper Arts Center in Nanning, capital of the South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Sunday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
