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When it comes to Chinese paper-cutting，many people think of the Chinese characters fu，meaning luck，or xi，meaning happiness.Now more people begin to make paper-cutting more creative.Ye Kaiyuan is one of（1）

them

them

.The 38-year-old（2）

artist

artist

has worked for many years to make the art more modern and fashionable.According to the method of the art，cutting comes first and then dyeing（染色），（3）

but

but

Ye tries to dye first and then cut. "You will not know the final color of your work.This is（4）

interesting

interesting

. " he said.
   For Ye，the（5）

lines

lines

in each paper-cutting are an expression（表达）of his feelings .To record ideas，he（6）

usually

usually

carries pens and paper in his bag.The idea for his work A Picture of Two Fish came when he saw salted fish at a store.Others come from things such as fruit and visits to different places
   Cutting paper is（7）

like

like

living life.The creative process（过程）is slow.Sometimes it took Ye even weeks（8）

to finish

to finish

one artwork.In the summer of 2012，Ye held his fist show of paper-cuttings.He used up all of his money and only sold a piece for 300 yuan.But he never thought about giving up.
   After years of hard work，his paper-cuttings（9）

have become

have become

famous at home and abroad.
   "Many people always dream of having well-paid jobs， "Ye said. "But I think life will be meaningful（10）

if

if

you can do something you like and enjoy.So it's worthwhile（值得的）to live for my dream. "