Striving to keep a New Year tradition alive

Elderly craftsmen fear for future of their art, a part of China's intangible cultural heritage that is fast disappearing

Spring Festival is supposed to be a joyous occasion, but it has left Fang Zhida, 83, anxious. Days before the Lunar New Year, he locked himself in his studio to focus on an ancient folk art.

Taohuawu New Year woodcut prints, or nianhua, are a type of traditional art that people put on their doors to ward off evil and express good wishes for Chinese New Year.