Paper-cut is a picture cut out on a paper with scissors. The picture patterns are often pasted on the lintels, windows or lanterns to express the feelings of joy and the perceptions in life. Hence the scissors-cut is also known as "scissors-picture" or "paper-cut for window decoration". The patterns are often designed from events in the jubilant festivals, bumper harvest of the cereals, stories of the folk opera, children or animals.