A collection of lacquered furniture at Gao Guangyou's workshop in Bijie city, Guizhou province. Dafang lacquerware is 1,700 years old, but now one craftsman is taking the tradition in a fresh direction, Yang Feiyue and Yang Jun report. Rows of lacquerware objects decorated with ancient totems, lifelike flowers, birds and figures dazzle the eye at Gao Guangyou's workshop in Dafang …
The wetlands of Pingdu, a county-level city in Qingdao, Shandong province, began seeing a major influx of migratory birds in early December. A large number of migratory birds flew into the wetlands of Pingdu, a county-level city in Qingdao, Shandong province, in early December. It is now peak season for the birds.