Using an electric soldering iron as a paintbrush and a dried gourd as a drawing paper, Li Dehua of Qianxi County, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, branded patterns such as mountains and rivers, flowers, birds, insects and fish, and ancient and modern characters on the gourd, which were vivid and admirable.
"An accident, my legs fell disabled, but I never gave up the idea of getting rich and chasing dreams." Li Dehua said that the small gourd "branded" out of the big industry, now every year I can drive the villagers to make more than 200,000 gourd products, the annual output value exceeded 14 million yuan, to help 21 disabled people, 10 poor households rely on handicrafts to stabilize employment.
Andy Lee branded patterns such as mountains and rivers, flowers, birds, insects and fish, and ancient and modern figures on the gourd, which were vivid and admirable.
(Photo by Shang Yujie)