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EDITORIAL LICENSE ONLY – INQUIRY REQUIRED. Captured February 11, 2026. This editorial photograph highlights traditional folk arts at the 2026 Shenzhen Spring Festival Flower Fair (深圳迎春花市) located at the Binhai Green Axis in Bao'an District, Shenzhen, China. The image shows a female artisan demonstrating the craft of Jianzhi (Chinese paper cutting) at a festive market stall. Framed paper-cut artworks depicting the zodiac Year of the Horse and pandas are displayed alongside hand-written calligraphy scrolls and potted kumquat trees. This asset documents the active preservation, live performance, and retail of traditional intangible cultural heritage within the modern urban setting of the Greater Bay Area during Lunar New Year celebrations.