Inheritor of Huanren wood-block painting committed to promote craft in innovative way
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Chen Dongming chooses tools to make a wood-block painting at his studio in Huanren County of Benxi, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 27, 2019. Chen Dongming, a 52-year-old wood-block painter from Wafang Village of Huanren County in Benxi, learned the techniques from his grandfather since young. As an inheritor of Huanren wood-block painting, a provincial intangible cultural heritage in Liaoning, Chen has been committed to making a proper integration of traditional Chinese landscape paintings and wood-block New Year paintings to promote the craft in an innovative way. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)
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Chen Dongming paints a wood-block painting at his studio in Huanren County of Benxi, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 27, 2019. Chen Dongming, a 52-year-old wood-block painter from Wafang Village of Huanren County in Benxi, learned the techniques from his grandfather since young. As an inheritor of Huanren wood-block painting, a provincial intangible cultural heritage in Liaoning, Chen has been committed to making a proper integration of traditional Chinese landscape paintings and wood-block New Year paintings to promote the craft in an innovative way. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)
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Chen Dongming demonstrates a recently-made wood-block painting at his studio in Huanren County of Benxi, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 27, 2019. Chen Dongming, a 52-year-old wood-block painter from Wafang Village of Huanren County in Benxi, learned the techniques from his grandfather since young. As an inheritor of Huanren wood-block painting, a provincial intangible cultural heritage in Liaoning, Chen has been committed to making a proper integration of traditional Chinese landscape paintings and wood-block New Year paintings to promote the craft in an innovative way. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)
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Chen Dongming works on a wood-block painting at his studio in Huanren County of Benxi, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 27, 2019. Chen Dongming, a 52-year-old wood-block painter from Wafang Village of Huanren County in Benxi, learned the techniques from his grandfather since young. As an inheritor of Huanren wood-block painting, a provincial intangible cultural heritage in Liaoning, Chen has been committed to making a proper integration of traditional Chinese landscape paintings and wood-block New Year paintings to promote the craft in an innovative way. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)
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Chen Dongming works on a wood-block painting at his studio in Huanren County of Benxi, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 27, 2019. Chen Dongming, a 52-year-old wood-block painter from Wafang Village of Huanren County in Benxi, learned the techniques from his grandfather since young. As an inheritor of Huanren wood-block painting, a provincial intangible cultural heritage in Liaoning, Chen has been committed to making a proper integration of traditional Chinese landscape paintings and wood-block New Year paintings to promote the craft in an innovative way. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)
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Chen Dongming works on a wood-block painting at his studio in Huanren County of Benxi, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 27, 2019. Chen Dongming, a 52-year-old wood-block painter from Wafang Village of Huanren County in Benxi, learned the techniques from his grandfather since young. As an inheritor of Huanren wood-block painting, a provincial intangible cultural heritage in Liaoning, Chen has been committed to making a proper integration of traditional Chinese landscape paintings and wood-block New Year paintings to promote the craft in an innovative way. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)
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Chen Dongming polishes wood to make wood-block paintings at a factory in Huanren County of Benxi, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 27, 2019. Chen Dongming, a 52-year-old wood-block painter from Wafang Village of Huanren County in Benxi, learned the techniques from his grandfather since young. As an inheritor of Huanren wood-block painting, a provincial intangible cultural heritage in Liaoning, Chen has been committed to making a proper integration of traditional Chinese landscape paintings and wood-block New Year paintings to promote the craft in an innovative way. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)
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Chen Dongming airs wood-block paintings at his studio in Huanren County of Benxi, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 27, 2019. Chen Dongming, a 52-year-old wood-block painter from Wafang Village of Huanren County in Benxi, learned the techniques from his grandfather since young. As an inheritor of Huanren wood-block painting, a provincial intangible cultural heritage in Liaoning, Chen has been committed to making a proper integration of traditional Chinese landscape paintings and wood-block New Year paintings to promote the craft in an innovative way. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)
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Chen Dongming chooses wood to make wood-block paintings at a factory in Huanren County of Benxi, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 27, 2019. Chen Dongming, a 52-year-old wood-block painter from Wafang Village of Huanren County in Benxi, learned the techniques from his grandfather since young. As an inheritor of Huanren wood-block painting, a provincial intangible cultural heritage in Liaoning, Chen has been committed to making a proper integration of traditional Chinese landscape paintings and wood-block New Year paintings to promote the craft in an innovative way. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)
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Chen Dongming paints a wood-block painting at his studio in Huanren County of Benxi, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 27, 2019. Chen Dongming, a 52-year-old wood-block painter from Wafang Village of Huanren County in Benxi, learned the techniques from his grandfather since young. As an inheritor of Huanren wood-block painting, a provincial intangible cultural heritage in Liaoning, Chen has been committed to making a proper integration of traditional Chinese landscape paintings and wood-block New Year paintings to promote the craft in an innovative way. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)