(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-BEIJING-TRADITIONAL BEIJING PAINTINGS-PIGMENT MAKING-INHERITOR (CN)

(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-BEIJING-TRADITIONAL BEIJING PAINTINGS-PIGMENT MAKING-INHERITOR (CN)

(240107) -- BEIJING, Jan. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yang Xin shows his 7-meter-long painting at his studio in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 4, 2024. Yang Xin, 62, is a noted artist of traditional Beijing paintings. His family have been involved in pigment making business since the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Fascinated by paintings since his childhood, Yang acquired the craft of pigment making for traditional Beijing paintings from his mother and became the fifth generation inheritor of this art. This craft, which extracts pigment from natural materials such as minerals, soil and plants, was listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Chaoyang District of Beijing in 2019. A graduate from the College of Fine Arts & Design of the Hebei Normal University, Yang set out three decades ago to study the folk history of Beijing, and to draw paintings on the historical sites, folk customs and time-honored brands in the city with the pigment he made. Over the years, Yang has created nearly 10,000 traditional Beijing

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