Inheritance of joy

Guo Taiyun, 91, is working to revive the lost tradition of putting up woodblock prints during Spring Festival, Liu Xiangrui reports in Kaifeng, Henan province.

As a child apprentice who has become a national-level inheritor of his craft, Guo Taiyun's life has been associated with the ups and downs of the centuries-old Kaifeng woodblock printing.

The 91-year-old man has witnessed both the glorious days and the challenges faced in the modern times by the prints that once defined the Chinese Lunar New Year.