Source: China News Network
Zhang Guoyin instructed the students of Shicheng Primary School in Lincheng County to make root carvings. Photo by Song Jichang
Zhang Guoyin explained the root carving process to the students of Shicheng Primary School in Lincheng County. Photo by Song Jichang
Zhang Guoyin is making root carvings. Photo by Song Jichang
Zhang Guoyin is polishing the root carvings. Photo by Song Jichang
A student at Shicheng Primary School in Lincheng County watches Zhang Guoyin make a root carving. Photo by Song Jichang
Zhang Guoyin's root carvings. Song Jichang Photo 59-year-old Zhang Guoyin, an ordinary farmer in Huanglagou Village, Shicheng Township, Lincheng County, Hebei Province, has been obsessed with root carving creation for 40 years, constantly studying root carving techniques, carefully carving the roots, branches and branches of dead wood, and processing them into lifelike root carving art works, which are known as "root carving Zhang" by locals. He also passed on the skills of root carving to students and villagers, hoping to pass on the root carving skills. Up to now, Zhang Guoyin has completed more than 1,000 root carving works, covering characters, flowers and birds, landscapes and landscapes. (Zhang Pengxiang, Wang Yongzhou)