Cai Lanying
Chinese paper-cut artist (1918–2005)
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Cai Lanying (蔡蘭英; 1918 – 2005) was a Chinese cut-paper artist.
Cai Lanying | |
|---|---|
蔡蘭英  | |
| Born | 1918 |
| Died | 2005 (aged 86–87) |
| Occupation | Papercut artist |
Cai Lanying was born in 1918 in Xian County, Hebei, China. She was born into a peasant family and had little education; she was unable to read or write. She began papercutting at age eight and created over 10 thousand works.[1]
Most of her works depict Chinese peasant life, including agricultural work, festivals, and folktales. Many of her works are autobiographical.[1]
Her paper-cut of a rooster was selected for the annual Chinese zodiac stamp by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications for the 1993 Year of the Rooster.[2] Her design features a rooster with cocked head and outspread wings above plum blossoms and a caption reading, "The rooster crows for the coming of spring."[3]
Cai Lanying was invited to the World Conference on Women, 1995.[1] Her work is in the collection of the National Art Museum of China.[4]
Can Lanying died in 2005.[5]