Fang Shiying modifies one of her slate "paintings" at a studio in Cangzhou, Hebei Province on Nov. 27. (Photo by Yuan Liwei for chinadaily.com.cn)
A female sculptor in Hebei Province chisels various "paintings" on rock slates.
Her work includes landscapes, flowers, birds, fish and many animal and human figures.
Fang Shiying, 47, is a villager from Cangzhou city in Hebei, without any educational background.
Interested in the art form, she became a skilled sculptor after more than 20 years of practice.
She is now a fifth-generation inheritor of the traditional folk art, which originates from Wuqiao county in Cangzhou during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
Fang Shiying modifies one of her slate "paintings" at a studio in Cangzhou, Hebei Province on Nov. 27. (Photo by Yuan Liwei for chinadaily.com.cn)
Fang Shiying modifies one of her slate "paintings: at a studio in Cangzhou, Hebei Province on Nov. 27. (Photo by Yuan Liwei for chinadaily.com.cn)
Fang Shiying wipes one of her slate "paintings: at a studio. (Photo by Yuan Liwei for chinadaily.com.cn)
Fang Shiying shows off her slate "paintings" (Photo by Yuan Liwei for chinadaily.com.cn)
