Impressive paper cutting depicts Ordos wedding ceremony

Yang poses for a photograph with her massive paper-cutting work depicting the traditional Ordos wedding ceremony. [Photo/WeChat account of Ordos Evening]

An old woman in her 70s from Ordos in Inner Mongolia autonomous region spent three years cutting a piece of paper, measuring 15.7 meters long, depicting the traditional Ordos wedding ceremony.

With a width of 0.7 meters, the massive paper cutting project debuted at a cultural center in Dongsheng district, Ordos. 

The woman surnamed Yang claimed to have been practicing paper cutting since 2002 when she retired from her job. 

Unlike other tourists who prefer taking photos as a way to help them preserve their travel memories, Yang used paper cutting to describe what she saw on her journey. 

Except sleeping and eating, I have spent almost all my time making this piece of paper-cutting art, Yang said during an interview. 

In 2015, Yang was given the title of a “craftsman preserving the art of traditional paper cutting in Ordos”. 

The Ordos wedding ceremony was included in the first batch of national-level preserved traditional cultural heritage items in 2006.

Yang is pictured with several of her other paper-cutting pieces of art. [Photo/WeChat account of Ordos Evening]