New paper-cut art is the goal Zhao Xigang has pursued for decades in his practice exploration and theory studies. It comes to epitomize literati papercutting and creative paper-cut art. This book, being a comparatively comprehensive summary of traditional and modern paper-cut,involves two parts: the origin of new paper-cut and new paper-cut art of Zhao Xigang.
This book combines theory and practice with pragmatism and academic nature. It is also well illustrated and designed and written in both Chinese and English, which contributes a lot to arts and culture dissemination.