Over the past three years, Liu Haicheng and his son have completed more than 20,000 square meters of colorful paintings on exterior walls in 60 villages in Jilin province's Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Over the past three years, Liu Haicheng and his son have completed more than 20,000 square meters of colorful paintings on exterior walls in 60 villages in Jilin province's Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture.
The paintings — flowers, vivid animals, magnificent farm scenes — transformed the communities into a visual extravaganzas.
After graduating from the woodblock painting department of Beihua University in Jilin city in 2018, Liu's son, Liu Tao, tried several different jobs, but none were related to his major.
"When I found that the prefecture was promoting rural construction and painting the walls of traditional village houses with various cultural elements, an idea blazed into my mind," the father said.
They began to visit different villages with their creative designs and got lots of orders.
The paintings are done in a variety of styles, most of which focus on the customs of China's Korean ethnic minority. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The paintings are done in a variety of styles, most of which focus on the customs of China's Korean ethnic minority.
"Sometimes, when we were drawing pictures in the village, the residents would gather around and give us suggestions," he said. "Some even tried to paint with us."
"I hope to get chance to paint in cities outside Yanji," he added, referring to a county-level city in Yanbian. He would even like to take the art overseas in the future.
"It would bring wonderful Chinese stories and Chinese Korean customs to more people around the world," he said.
The paintings are done in a variety of styles, most of which focus on the customs of China's Korean ethnic minority. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Over the past three years, Liu Haicheng and his son have completed more than 20,000 square meters of colorful paintings on exterior walls in 60 villages in Jilin province's Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The paintings are done in a variety of styles, most of which focus on the customs of China's Korean ethnic minority. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The paintings are done in a variety of styles, most of which focus on the customs of China's Korean ethnic minority. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]