Jarud Woodblock Painting in Inner Mongolia - China

Jarud Woodblock Painting in Inner Mongolia - China

Painter Chen Qimeg prepares pigments for her painting at a woodblock painting institute in Jarud Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2025. The creation of a Jarud woodblock painting work, which originated in Jarud Banner in the late 1950s, has to go through more than a dozen steps, finished with engraving knife, woodblock and ink. The Jarud genre of woodblock painting was listed as one of the intangible cultural heritages of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in 2009. Nowadays, woodblock painting artists in Jarud, professional and amateur alike, are turning out vast amount of artworks that reflect their modern life on the grasslands. Photo by Liu Wenhui/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Jarud Woodblock Painting in Inner Mongolia - China

Jarud Woodblock Painting in Inner Mongolia - China

Painter Chen Qimeg shows one of her artworks at a woodblock painting institute in Jarud Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2025. The creation of a Jarud woodblock painting work, which originated in Jarud Banner in the late 1950s, has to go through more than a dozen steps, finished with engraving knife, woodblock and ink. The Jarud genre of woodblock painting was listed as one of the intangible cultural heritages of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in 2009. Nowadays, woodblock painting artists in Jarud, professional and amateur alike, are turning out vast amount of artworks that reflect their modern life on the grasslands. Photo by Liu Wenhui/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM