Folk Painter draws long scroll of rabbit to greet Chinese New Year

With only a couple of days left before the big day, preparations for the Chinese New Year continue all around the country. In central China's Wuhan City, a 63-year-old folk artist sends his new year greetings using paint and brush. Jiang Xianxiao draws a long scroll featuring the zodiac star of the coming year.

Jiang displays his latest work to his neighbors who are surprised to find so many rabbits with happy faces. With long hair, red eyes and in a range of colors, the rabbits all look lovely.

Jiang displays his latest work to his neighbors who are surprised to find so many rabbits with happy faces. With long hair, red eyes and in a range of colors, the rabbits all look lovely.

Jiang Xianxiao, Folk Painter, said, "Right from the beginning of last year, I started to paint the long ribbon. We Chinese favor the numbers 6 and 8, meaning good luck and fortune, so I painted 168 rabbits as a New Year gift to my friends and neighbors."

Jiang's work took one year to finish, but he was not the only one to prepare such a present. His 7-year-old grand-daughter spent her whole summer vacation drawing 168 rabbits on another 20-meter ribbon.

Their neighbors also joined in on the fun, displaying their artistic talents by producing paper-cut rabbits.

With full excitement and pleasure, they said happy new year to each other, wishing a good beginning in the year of the Rabbit.