Xinjiang, My home: An artist's passion for painting

STORY: Xinjiang, My home: An artist's passion for painting DATELINE: Sept. 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): AZGUL GHUPUR, Head of the Guiji art creation team in Urumqi STORYLINE: An artist from China's Xinjiang has innovated a new form of painting. For many years, Azgul Ghupur has been trying painting on leather. After years of efforts, this new art form has been known and appreciated by more and more people. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): AZGUL GHUPUR, Head of the Guiji art creation team in Urumqi "Hello, my name is Azgul Ghupur. I'm the head of the Guiji art creation team in Urumqi. We are a team that focuses on painting on leather. It was in 2008 when I was riding a horse, an idea suddenly occurred to me. What kind of effect would there be if I could draw on leather? So I started to try painting on leather. What I didn't expect was that although we have been insisting on creation for so many years, after I returned to my hometown in 2015, I took