In Shandong, the lower stream of the Yellow River, it is a whole different taste. The main subject of Chinese New Year pap
er-cut is the flower of life which grows high from a water pot or a fish bowl. Paper-cuts of the flower of life in a water vase, or the tree of life in a water pot, are pasted across the lintel. Similar paper-cut is also popular in northern Suzhou, south of the Yellow River, all the way to the Yangtze
River valley.
