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Cameroonian family tries hand at Manchu paper-cutting

Updated: February 7, 2023
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[Video provided to gojilin.gov.cn]

A Cameroonian family spent the Spring Festival – one of the most important of traditional Chinese festivals – doing something that would rarely, if ever, be done in the central African country of Cameroon.

They joined a Tongjiajiang Manchu paper-cutting experience activity in Tonghua city, in Northeast China's Jilin province.

Tongjiajiang Manchu paper-cutting, employing the same method as Changbai Mountain Manchu paper-cutting, is an item of provincial intangible cultural heritage. Check out this video to learn more.