Mo Yan's roots revealed

Mo Yan's 90-year-old father Guan Yifan still farms (left). Mo Yan's elder brother Guan Moxin shows a farm implement they used in childhood (middle). Nie Peng, an inheritor of Gaomi's clay sculpting tradition, hopes Mo's win will draw global attention to local folk arts. Photos by Ju Chuanjiang and Zhang Zixuan / China Daily