A craftsman never stops learning

Give this man a coconut and he will soon present you with a masterpiece. Liu Xiaoli and Ma Zhiping in Haikou report.

Zhang Xingfu, 72, usually starts his day by carving a coconut shell at 8 am, sitting near the window with knife and shell in hands, something he has been doing for the past 50 years.

In fact, Zhang, a master of coconut carving in Haikou, Hainan province, could sit in his chair without leaving it until midnoon, so absorbed is he with the matter at hand.