Folk artist Ji Zhenshan teaches college students gourd pyrography in Chiping County, Liaocheng City, Shandong province, on Jan 15. Gourd pyrography - an intangible cultural heritage - is an art form involving burning designs on dried hard-shell gourds. [Photo by Zhao Yuguo/AsianNewsPhoto]
Student Xia Guoxin presents one of the completed gourds as folk artist Ji Zhenshan teaches college students gourd pyrography in Chiping County, Liaocheng City, Shandong province, on Jan 15. [Photo by Zhao Yuguo/AsianNewsPhoto]
Student Ji Shenghui focuses on his own work as folk artist Ji Zhenshan teaches college students gourd pyrography in Chiping County, Liaocheng City, Shandong province, on Jan 15. [Photo by Zhao Yuguo/AsianNewsPhoto]
Student Sun Yu presents a gourd pyrography work in Chiping County, Liaocheng City, Shandong province, on Jan 15. [Photo by Zhao Yuguo/AsianNewsPhoto]