Despite French colonial rule, Vietnamese quilling art and its long-standing traditional cultural significance was preserved. While resisting foreign influences, the Vietnamese quilling artists at that time insisted on the inheritance of traditional skills. They use these quilling art paintings to express Vietnam’s history, religion, and daily life, and incorporate Buddhist elements and other local cultural characteristics into their works. Such persistence has allowed the art of Vietnamese quilling art to continue to spread and maintain its uniqueness during the colonial period.

When this traditional art was brought to Taiwan with Thi Tuyệt Nguyễn, it underwent some changes. In a new living and cultural environment, she searched for a sense of identity in a foreign land. And so, the cultural exchange through quilling art began. Thi Tuyệt Nguyễn, as a craftsman, incorporates local elements and themes into her work to show her cross-cultural identity and life experience. At the same time, she actively participates in the cultural activities of the Taiwanese community, memorializing the emotional interactions between community neighbours through quilling art. Thi Tuyệt Nguyễn also gives back to Taiwanese society through her work of assisting the immigration agency with translation and communication.

These actions make her quilling art more diverse and inclusive, while reflecting her efforts to seek symbiosis and co-prosperity in the new environment. Her efforts not only enrich Taiwan’s cultural diversity, but also demonstrate the adaptability and vitality of the craft. Thi Tuyệt Nguyễn’s personal experience and works have become a vivid example of the important role that art plays in cultural exchange and social change.