In addition, the mythical birds and beasts that often appear in the paper-cuts of Miao and Tujia people in western Hunan are strange in shape, rich in imagination and strongly imprinted with witchcraft culture. In terms of modeling, Hunan paper-cut is good at using the conformal composition principle commonly used in folk art, making the works plain and strange, and the strangeness is ingenious.
Another major feature of Hunan paper-cutting is its diverse styles. Miao paper-cutting is exquisite and graceful, Tujia paper-cutting is bold and unrestrained, paper-cutting in central Hunan is graceful and beautiful, and composition of Dongting Lake is changeable, which makes Hunan paper-cutting present colorful and diversified characteristics.