In pics: paper-cutting competition held in NW China's Ningxia

A paper-cutting artist teaches contestants paper-cutting skills at a paper-cutting competition in Dongshanpo Village of Jingyuan County, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Jan. 18, 2019. In recent years, Jingyuan has been committed to promoting paper-cutting culture and developing paper-cutting-themed tourist products as a way to alleviate poverty. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)