Dang Zhihong selects boiled leaves at her workshop in Xinhua District of Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 7, 2018. Artist Dang Zhihong has been making leaf carving artworks for nearly 20 years.

Dang Zhihong makes a leaf carving work at her workshop in Xinhua District of Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 7, 2018. Artist Dang Zhihong has been making leaf carving artworks for nearly 20 years.

Dang Zhihong draws a sketch for a leaf carving work at her workshop in Xinhua District of Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 7, 2018. Artist Dang Zhihong has been making leaf carving artworks for nearly 20 years.

Dang Zhihong makes a leaf carving work at her workshop in Xinhua District of Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 7, 2018. Artist Dang Zhihong has been making leaf carving artworks for nearly 20 years.

Dang Zhihong shows a lampshade decorated with leaf carving works at her workshop in Xinhua District of Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 7, 2018. Artist Dang Zhihong has been making leaf carving artworks for nearly 20 years.

Dang Zhihong shows a leaf with part of its tissue removed at her workshop in Xinhua District of Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 7, 2018. Artist Dang Zhihong has been making leaf carving artworks for nearly 20 years.

Dang Zhihong makes a leaf carving work at her workshop in Xinhua District of Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 7, 2018. Artist Dang Zhihong has been making leaf carving artworks for nearly 20 years.

Dang Zhihong shows a carved leaf and an original one at her workshop in Xinhua District of Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 7, 2018. Artist Dang Zhihong has been making leaf carving artworks for nearly 20 years. (Photos: Xinhua/Chen Qibao)