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Han Meilin will celebrate his 80th birthday with a grand exhibition in Venice this fall, Lin Qi reports.

Han Meilin believes that if a blade isn't sharpened, it will become rusty just like a person who doesn't use his or her brain.

So, the prolific Chinese artist says he keeps active by drawing for more than 10 hours every day. This year, he will be celebrating his 80th birthday on Dec 26 by staging a grand exhibition first in Venice, then Paris and finally Beijing.