A legend about paper-cut was recorded in a great book called ShihChi. When the king of Zhou Dynasty was young, one day he played with his brother and happened to cut a piece of leaf into the shape of jade. He said:” I will use this to give a title for you.” The father of Zhou asked him to keep his promise several days later. But the would-be king claimed that he just said that for fun. Then the father said that the words spoken by a king were as precious as gold, which would be recorded by officer of history, sung by singers of the basilica and admired by other officers. At the second century BC, paper was invented by ancient people, after which paper-cut became popular.

Paper-cut then became a symbol of good life because of such a meaningful legend.

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