Tu Yonghong
With more than 20 years’ dedication in the creation of folk paper cutting art, Tu Yonghong is the representative inheritor of paper cutting of intangible cultural heritage project in Shaanxi, China, who is mainly engaged in the dissemination and exchange of folk culture and the design, development of cultural and creative products. Since 1999, Ms.Tu has created more than 1000 paper cutting art works, won more than 70 awards, and participated in over 100 cultural exhibitions. In 2003, she started to organized paper cutting training and Intangible Cultural Heritage activities on campus and in the community, playing a leading role in inheriting and developing folk paper cutting art. Ms.Tu has accompanied government to various regions of the world for cultural and artistic exchange activities for many times, which has been highly praised by the local cultural and artistic circles.