Peony painting propels prosperity in Shandong
China DailyFarmers paint peonies in the Luxi Painting and Calligraphy Institute in Juye, Shandong province, on Sunday. The painting of peonies in many rural areas of Shandong, but especially in the counties around Heze, has become a profitable industry supplementing the incomes of many farm workers during the off-season. The promotion of the peony painting industry is proving a success in Liuguantun and the wider county of Juye, where more than 2,000 farm workers have taken to painting to make a bit of money on the side and to enable them to remain locally based rather than traveling away from their homes to make money. "We've been teaching farmers traditional Chinese painting for free, and the skills can be acquired usually within a year, or half a year for fast learners," said Xu Fengqiu, the institute's founder. In recent years, Juye county Party committee and the county government have been attaching great importance to the development of the painting and calligraphy sector, in a bid to boost the rural vitalization strategy.
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