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The highly recognizable paper-cut paintings of classic characters from Journey to the West

2024-04-08 handmade paper cutting

Each character in Journey to the West has his or her own unique personality traits, language, actions, and styles, making them very identifiable. Often you can tell who the person is by just hearing their voice without seeing them! The hand-cut paper-cutting technique depicts the characters in Journey to the West so vividly that you can immediately tell who is who at a glance. Let’s look at the three brothers: Sun Wukong hates evil and has a fiery eye; Zhu Bajie is eloquent and smooth; Monk Sha is honest, diligent and down-to-earth.

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