CHINA-XINJIANG-FARMER-CULTURAL RELICS-CONSERVATION (CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-FARMER-CULTURAL RELICS-CONSERVATION (CN)

(221124) -- URUMQI, Nov. 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on July 30, 2022 shows Shan Zhizheng and his wife Yuan Qin patrolling a group of ancient tombs in Wenquan County in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Xinjiang farmer becomes guardian of cultural relics" (Xinhua/Hao Jianwei)

CHINA-XINJIANG-FARMER-CULTURAL RELICS-CONSERVATION (CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-FARMER-CULTURAL RELICS-CONSERVATION (CN)

(221124) -- URUMQI, Nov. 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Shan Zhizheng demonstrates his honor certificate and trophy as "Xinjiang's most beautiful conservator of cultural relics" in Wenquan County in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 27, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Xinjiang farmer becomes guardian of cultural relics" (Xinhua/Hao Jianwei)

CHINA-XINJIANG-FARMER-CULTURAL RELICS-CONSERVATION (CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-FARMER-CULTURAL RELICS-CONSERVATION (CN)

(221124) -- URUMQI, Nov. 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on July 30, 2022 shows Shan Zhizheng and his wife Yuan Qin patrolling a group of ancient tombs in Wenquan County in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Xinjiang farmer becomes guardian of cultural relics" (Xinhua/Hao Jianwei)

CHINA-XINJIANG-FARMER-CULTURAL RELICS-CONSERVATION (CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-FARMER-CULTURAL RELICS-CONSERVATION (CN)

(221124) -- URUMQI, Nov. 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Shan Zhizheng and his wife Yuan Qin walk past a rock painting during a cultural relic site patrol in Wenquan County in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 30, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Xinjiang farmer becomes guardian of cultural relics" (Xinhua/Hao Jianwei)

CHINA-XINJIANG-FARMER-CULTURAL RELICS-CONSERVATION (CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-FARMER-CULTURAL RELICS-CONSERVATION (CN)

(221124) -- URUMQI, Nov. 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Shan Zhizheng and his wife Yuan Qin return from a cultural relic site patrol on motorcycle in Wenquan County in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 30, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Xinjiang farmer becomes guardian of cultural relics" (Xinhua/Hao Jianwei)