Wheat-straw painting craft lives on in Henan

Making full use of the natural luster of wheat straw, masters of the craft make images of flowers, birds, insects, fish, people and scenery.

Hu, who has been learning from her parents since childhood, is an eighth-generation inheritor. With their help, as well as with support from her teachers at the university, Hu and four other students set up the Kemaixuan Workshop at the Sias Maker Space in October last year.

"We're utilizing computer programs to do some work so that it might be affordable to more people," Hu said.

To reduce production costs, the team also tried to combine wheat straw with notebooks, key chains, bookmarks, book covers and museum cultural creations, which will greatly promote wheat-straw painting in public life, she said.

Qi Xin contributed to this story.