Young animator finds new life planting trees

During the day, Huang Yanhai prunes waxberry trees in his father's orchard in Sanzhou, Changting county. When it gets dark, the 29-year-old spends hours designing animated monsters for cybergame developers.

Huang, a former professional animator who worked in cities such as Shanghai and Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province, returned to his hometown of Sanzhou in 2013 to help his father take care of the orchards.

Huang Jinyang, his father, 61, is the first farmer in the town to plant waxberry and ornamental trees that help control water and soil loss, a problem that has long plagued the area.