The Brick Carving of Qingxu county, Shanxi province, was selected as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2008, It is an integrated art form involving kilning, drawing and carving, with 12 procedures, and over 30 steps.
In the rural areas of China, basic hygiene facilities are changing. Where a hole in the ground used to be the norm, there is now an eco revolution going on, thanks to the spreading influence of urban visitors. But it is an uphill battle.
Actors from Shanxi Province perform during the contest for the 26th Plum Blossom Prize, in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 8, 2013.
The 6th Weicun Drum Carriage Culture Festival began on April 25, in the village of Weicun, near the city of Linfen, Shanxi province. The activity is a combination of drum carriage and drumming, rhythm, and sports and a show of local folk culture.
There was a charity auction of paintings and calligraphy, in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province, on April 23, to raise money for the victims of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake, in Ya’an, Sichuan province, with more than 100 painters and calligraphers donating their work.
Her plight would have made a lesser person give up, but Luo Fengzhi had the love, courage and perseverance to move forward in life despite her disability. Xu Wei and Sun Ruisheng report in Taiyuan, Shanxi.
