Painter who likes to make a scene
Muralist Liu Zhicheng works on a wall painting featuring two cranes about to catch a fish in Yongsheng county, Lijiang city, Yunnan province. Sitting on a scaffolding platform, Liu Zhicheng gives the final touches to a painting of lotus flowers and cranes. With brushes and paints he makes the two cranes look vivid — flapping their wings and ready to catch a fish — on the wall of a building in Yongsheng county, Lijiang city, Southwest China's Yunnan province. In addition to lotus flowers, cranes and pine trees — visual elements local villagers are familiar with — Liu, a 27-year-old muralist, also borrows cultural highlights from guochao, or the China chic trend, which is known for fancy designs using different elements from traditional culture.
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