Wu Baisuo (right), a Jiangzhou New Year artist, shows a woodcutting of a New Year picture named Loyalty Forever at the third Shanxi Cultural Industries Fair in Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi province, on Aug 24. The Jiangzhou New Year wooden pictures, which originated in Xinjiang county, Shanxi, during the Song Dynasty (960-1279), depict folk tales, myths, historical stories, plants, scenery and characters from operas. The folk handicraft is a provincial intangible cultural heritage. [Photo/Xinhua] |