An introduction to Kirgiz folk paper-cutting
The Kirgiz ethnic group developed from a tribe of the Huns who lived in the Yenisey River Basin in the 3rd century AD. After the Yuan Dynasty, they migrated to the Pamir Plateau and the deep mountains of the Tianshan region, and gradually exchanged and developed with neighboring ethnic groups. The people who grew up mainly engaged in animal husbandry and also engaged in agriculture. The folk paper-cuts are mainly made of thick lines, showing the rough and bold national characteristics, using flowers, birds and animals and various geometric patterns, with bright colors and lively images, especially red.
