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Carving a story of skill

By Yang Feiyue    |    CHINA DAILY    |     Updated: 2023-06-27 07:32

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Illustrations of "door gods", one example of efforts to revive woodblock printing made by Yinqintang New Year Painting Art Gallery in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. CHINA DAILY

Etches of eras

When Chen's father was on his deathbed, Chen promised he would carry forward the craft. He has since extended this legacy to his daughter, who has worked at Guangling since 2001.

In 2007, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism named Chen as a national inheritor of woodblock printing.

His daughter, Chen Meiqi, still marvels at some of the techniques her father has mastered that virtually nobody else can execute.

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