The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are in full swing, and Li Xue, an artist of Shenyang's intangible cultural heritage "Li's Paper-Pinching", "helps" the Winter Olympics in his own way. She uses the art of paper pinching, through the process of material selection, paper cutting, pleating, shaping, sticking balls, assembly and other processes, to produce the mascots of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics in both shapes and gods, "Ice Pier" and "Snow Rongrong", passing on the spirit of the Winter Olympics and showing the unique charm of paper pinching skills.
On February 10, children watched the paper-pinching works "Ice Pier" and "Snow Melting" in Li Xue's studio. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Qing
This is a paper-pinching work "Ice Pier" and "Snow Melting" taken on February 10. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Qing
On February 10, Li Xue, an artist of Shenyang's intangible cultural heritage "Li's Paper-Pinching", displayed the paper-pinching work "Ice Pier" in his studio. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Qing
On February 10, Li Xue, an artist of Shenyang's intangible cultural heritage "Li's Paper Pinching", made paper-pinching works in his studio. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Qing
This is a paper-pinching work "Snow Melting" taken on February 10. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Qing
On February 10, Li Xue, an artist of Shenyang's intangible cultural heritage "Li's Paper-Pinching", displayed the paper-pinching works "Ice Pier" and "Snow Rongrong" in his studio. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Qing
This is the paper-pinching work "Ice Pier" taken on February 10. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Qing