Wang Zigan lived in a generation that life had become tough.

Wang Zigan became the lucky one, and thus, he started his 60-year career of papercutting.

Thus, Wang Zigan could live a well-off life with his family.

It was the only education Wang Zigan ever received.

His uncle tried to search for a job for Wang Zigan.

Wang Zigan completed his apprenticeship three years later.

After a while, Wang Zigan was accepted by a watchmaker's shop to do odd jobs.

In return, Wang Zigan was admitted in the school.

Wang Zigan often went there with his master looking at his man's art and that man's scope.

His uncle was also a poor farmer and in order to make more money to raise Wang Zigan, he began to learn haircutting.

Because Wang Zigan did not put off the work he should do, the master was happy and let him do what he wanted to.

Wang Zigan returned to his work and rekindled enthusiasm in art soon after the Cultural Revolution had ended.

Traditionally, the apprentice should leave his master by then, but Wang Zigan's master was reluctant to let him go.

Wang Zigan had a good memory and managed to keep in mind the new patterns he saw and the skills in them that excelled his.

The beginning of a new life gave Wang Zigan more sparking idea on his works: he used to make merchandise-a piece of art today.

The masters in the old times in fact would not attentively teach their apprentice very much, but Wang Zigan was quick to learn.

In November 1993, Wang Zigan had a stroke due to infarction arteriosclerosis and was confined to bed for seven years.

It was not until the close of the Cultural Revolution that the organization reviewed Wang Zigan's status after repeated petitions raised by him.

During that period, Wang Zigan, like many others in Shanghai, experienced the various difficulties in the Anti-Japanese War.

Spellbound by Wang Zigan's techniques, she would visited the papercut shop everyday to watch him working and sometimes helped him when he was at the busy time.

In the chaotic winter of 1966, Wang Zigan took his second son to Nanjing in order to "establishing revolutionary ties" (Chinese: 串联).

Many of the customers came to buy papercuts at "Hong Chang Xiang" by designating it to be done by Wang Zigan.

When he saw the performance Wang Zigan had gven, Zhu Rongji exclaimed: Wonderful cut (Chinese: 神剪)!

Wang Jianzhong (Chinese: 王建中) is the son of Wang Zigan, a senior engineer at Tongji University.

By 1945 when the Anti-Japanese War was ended, Wang Zigan had welcomed his personal victory as well and get rid of the control of his master.