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Japan: Dust Clouds Rise From Mount Mayuyama After Earthquake

On August 12, 2026, in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, a video captured clouds of dust rising from the slope of Mount Mayuyama shortly after a magnitude-4.9 earthquake struck the area. The mountain, located near residential homes, has shown signs of surface erosion since a major earthquake sequence hit the region in late July. Officials monitoring the mountain and the nearby Mount Fugen lava dome said there are currently no signs of a major collapse, though close observation is continuing. Mount Mayuyama is historically significant as the site of a catastrophic collapse in 1792 that triggered a tsunami and killed around 15,000 people in Shimabara and neighboring Kumamoto.

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CHINA-SICHUAN-RUOERGAI COUNTY-GRASSLAND RESTORATION (CN)

(230912) -- CHENGDU, Sept. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows an area before restoration (above, taken on March 8, 2023) and after restoration (below, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Wang Xi on Aug. 23, 2023) in Gaerma Village of Tangke Town in Ruoergai County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Grass sprouts from the surface covered by blankets made from coconut shells at the area of the abandoned mines in Ruoergai County of Aba Prefecture, where bedrocks were exposed before. Blankets made from coconut shells have compact structure and strong corrosion resistance. They can effectively inhibit soil erosion, and have excellent slope protection effect. In addition, they can be biodegradable, decomposing into organic fertilizer after "completing their mission". Due to stone mining in the past, bare bedrocks were left on the grassland, making it very difficult to restore vegetation and seriously affecting the ecological environment in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. The utilization of b

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CHINA-SICHUAN-RUOERGAI COUNTY-GRASSLAND RESTORATION (CN)

(230912) -- CHENGDU, Sept. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo shows grass sprouting from the surface covered by blankets made from coconut shells in Gaerma Village of Tangke Town in Ruoergai County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 23, 2023. Grass sprouts from the surface covered by blankets made from coconut shells at the area of the abandoned mines in Ruoergai County of Aba Prefecture, where bedrocks were exposed before. Blankets made from coconut shells have compact structure and strong corrosion resistance. They can effectively inhibit soil erosion, and have excellent slope protection effect. In addition, they can be biodegradable, decomposing into organic fertilizer after "completing their mission". Due to stone mining in the past, bare bedrocks were left on the grassland, making it very difficult to restore vegetation and seriously affecting the ecological environment in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. The utilization of blankets made from coconut shells provides a new method for gras

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CHINA-SICHUAN-RUOERGAI COUNTY-GRASSLAND RESTORATION (CN)

(230912) -- CHENGDU, Sept. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker lays a blanket made from coconut shells on a slope at an abandoned mine restoration site in Duoma Village, Dazhasi Town in Ruoergai County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 23, 2023. Grass sprouts from the surface covered by blankets made from coconut shells at the area of the abandoned mines in Ruoergai County of Aba Prefecture, where bedrocks were exposed before. Blankets made from coconut shells have compact structure and strong corrosion resistance. They can effectively inhibit soil erosion, and have excellent slope protection effect. In addition, they can be biodegradable, decomposing into organic fertilizer after "completing their mission". Due to stone mining in the past, bare bedrocks were left on the grassland, making it very difficult to restore vegetation and seriously affecting the ecological environment in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. The utilization of blankets made from coconut shells provides a new method for gra

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CHINA-SICHUAN-RUOERGAI COUNTY-GRASSLAND RESTORATION (CN)

(230912) -- CHENGDU, Sept. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers lay blankets made from coconut shells on a slope at an abandoned mine restoration site in Duoma Village, Dazhasi Town in Ruoergai County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 23, 2023. Grass sprouts from the surface covered by blankets made from coconut shells at the area of the abandoned mines in Ruoergai County of Aba Prefecture, where bedrocks were exposed before. Blankets made from coconut shells have compact structure and strong corrosion resistance. They can effectively inhibit soil erosion, and have excellent slope protection effect. In addition, they can be biodegradable, decomposing into organic fertilizer after "completing their mission". Due to stone mining in the past, bare bedrocks were left on the grassland, making it very difficult to restore vegetation and seriously affecting the ecological environment in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. The utilization of blankets made from coconut shells provides a new method for grassl

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CHINA-SICHUAN-RUOERGAI COUNTY-GRASSLAND RESTORATION (CN)

(230912) -- CHENGDU, Sept. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo shows workers laying blankets made from coconut shells on a slope at an abandoned mine restoration site in Duoma Village, Dazhasi Town in Ruoergai County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 23, 2023. Grass sprouts from the surface covered by blankets made from coconut shells at the area of the abandoned mines in Ruoergai County of Aba Prefecture, where bedrocks were exposed before. Blankets made from coconut shells have compact structure and strong corrosion resistance. They can effectively inhibit soil erosion, and have excellent slope protection effect. In addition, they can be biodegradable, decomposing into organic fertilizer after "completing their mission". Due to stone mining in the past, bare bedrocks were left on the grassland, making it very difficult to restore vegetation and seriously affecting the ecological environment in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. The utilization of blankets made from coconut shells provi

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CHINA-SICHUAN-RUOERGAI COUNTY-GRASSLAND RESTORATION (CN)

(230912) -- CHENGDU, Sept. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo shows grass sprouting from the surface covered by blankets made from coconut shells in Duoma Village, Dazhasi Town in Ruoergai County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 23, 2023. Grass sprouts from the surface covered by blankets made from coconut shells at the area of the abandoned mines in Ruoergai County of Aba Prefecture, where bedrocks were exposed before. Blankets made from coconut shells have compact structure and strong corrosion resistance. They can effectively inhibit soil erosion, and have excellent slope protection effect. In addition, they can be biodegradable, decomposing into organic fertilizer after "completing their mission". Due to stone mining in the past, bare bedrocks were left on the grassland, making it very difficult to restore vegetation and seriously affecting the ecological environment in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. The utilization of blankets made from coconut shells provides a new method for grassl

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CHINA-SICHUAN-RUOERGAI COUNTY-GRASSLAND RESTORATION (CN)

(230912) -- CHENGDU, Sept. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo shows workers laying blankets made from coconut shells on a slope at an abandoned mine restoration site in Duoma Village, Dazhasi Town in Ruoergai County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 23, 2023. Grass sprouts from the surface covered by blankets made from coconut shells at the area of the abandoned mines in Ruoergai County of Aba Prefecture, where bedrocks were exposed before. Blankets made from coconut shells have compact structure and strong corrosion resistance. They can effectively inhibit soil erosion, and have excellent slope protection effect. In addition, they can be biodegradable, decomposing into organic fertilizer after "completing their mission". Due to stone mining in the past, bare bedrocks were left on the grassland, making it very difficult to restore vegetation and seriously affecting the ecological environment in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. The utilization of blankets made from coconut shells provi

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CHINA-SICHUAN-RUOERGAI COUNTY-GRASSLAND RESTORATION (CN)

(230912) -- CHENGDU, Sept. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo shows an area after restoration in Gaerma Village of Tangke Town in Ruoergai County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 23, 2023. Grass sprouts from the surface covered by blankets made from coconut shells at the area of the abandoned mines in Ruoergai County of Aba Prefecture, where bedrocks were exposed before. Blankets made from coconut shells have compact structure and strong corrosion resistance. They can effectively inhibit soil erosion, and have excellent slope protection effect. In addition, they can be biodegradable, decomposing into organic fertilizer after "completing their mission". Due to stone mining in the past, bare bedrocks were left on the grassland, making it very difficult to restore vegetation and seriously affecting the ecological environment in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. The utilization of blankets made from coconut shells provides a new method for grassland restoration. (Xinhua/Wang Yijie)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-RUOERGAI COUNTY-GRASSLAND RESTORATION (CN)

(230912) -- CHENGDU, Sept. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers lay blankets made from coconut shells on a slope at an abandoned mine restoration site in Duoma Village, Dazhasi Town in Ruoergai County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 23, 2023. Grass sprouts from the surface covered by blankets made from coconut shells at the area of the abandoned mines in Ruoergai County of Aba Prefecture, where bedrocks were exposed before. Blankets made from coconut shells have compact structure and strong corrosion resistance. They can effectively inhibit soil erosion, and have excellent slope protection effect. In addition, they can be biodegradable, decomposing into organic fertilizer after "completing their mission". Due to stone mining in the past, bare bedrocks were left on the grassland, making it very difficult to restore vegetation and seriously affecting the ecological environment in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. The utilization of blankets made from coconut shells provides a new method for grassl

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Renqing takes a dried rubbing off at his workshop in the cultural center of Jinshui District, Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 16, 2022. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion on them, providing c

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo taken on Nov. 17, 2022 shows high relief rubbings by Li Renqing. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion on them, providing correct information for the observation and protection of cultural relics.

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 16, 2022 shows Li Renqing's tools for making high relief rubbings. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion on them, providing correct information for the observation and protection of cultur

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Renqing shows how to apply ink on rubbing paper at an exhibition hall of Zhengzhou Shang Dynasty Ruins Museum in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 17, 2022. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion o

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Renqing tamps rubbing paper with a brush at his workshop in the cultural center of Jinshui District, Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 16, 2022. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion on them, prov

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This undated file photo shows Li Renqing making rubbings at the Gongyi grotto temple in Gongyi, central China's Henan Province. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion on them, providing correct information for the

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Renqing sprays water on rubbing paper at his workshop in the cultural center of Jinshui District, Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 16, 2022. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion on them, providi

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Renqing shows how to apply ink on rubbing paper at an exhibition hall of Zhengzhou Shang Dynasty Ruins Museum in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 17, 2022. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion o

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Renqing tamps rubbing paper with a brush at his workshop in the cultural center of Jinshui District, Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 16, 2022. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion on them, prov

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Renqing applies ink on rubbing paper at an exhibition hall of Zhengzhou Shang Dynasty Ruins Museum in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 17, 2022. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion on them, pro

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Renqing watches a rubbing work at his workshop in the cultural center of Jinshui District, Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 16, 2022. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion on them, providing corr

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Renqing shows how to apply ink on rubbing paper at an exhibition hall of Zhengzhou Shang Dynasty Ruins Museum in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 17, 2022. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion o

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Renqing cuts rubbing paper at his workshop in the cultural center of Jinshui District, Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 16, 2022. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion on them, providing correct

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 17, 2022 shows a part of a high relief rubbing by Li Renqing. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion on them, providing correct information for the observation and protection of cultural re

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Renqing applies ink onto rubbing paper at his workshop in the cultural center of Jinshui District, Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 16, 2022. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion on them, provid

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Renqing prepares rubbing paper with a brush at his workshop in the cultural center of Jinshui District, Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 16, 2022. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion on them, p

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Renqing makes rubbings at his workshop in the cultural center of Jinshui District, Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 16, 2022. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion on them, providing correct info

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Renqing makes preparations at an exhibition hall of Zhengzhou Shang Dynasty Ruins Museum in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 17, 2022. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion on them, providing cor

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Renqing applies ink onto rubbing paper at his workshop in the cultural center of Jinshui District, Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 16, 2022. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion on them, provid

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Renqing watches his rubbing work at an exhibition hall of Zhengzhou Shang Dynasty Ruins Museum in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 17, 2022. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion on them, providi

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo taken on Nov. 17, 2022 shows high relief rubbings by Li Renqing. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion on them, providing correct information for the observation and protection of cultural relics.

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-HENAN-ZHENGZHOU-HIGH RELIEF RUBBING-INHERITOR (CN)

(221121) -- ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Renqing displays a rubbing work at his workshop in the cultural center of Jinshui District, Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Nov. 16, 2022. Making rubbings for tablet inscriptions is a craft with a history of over 1,000 years in China, invented as a way to copy documents even before the art of printing. Upgrading the traditional rubbing craft which can only be applied to flat surface, Li Renqing, born in 1963 in Xinyang of central China's Henan Province, has been working for a whole life on rubbings of high relief cultural relics, making the once impossible task a mature craft. Different from flat rubbings, high relief rubbings require the craftsman to cut the Xuan paper into pieces according to the convex and concave of the sculpture, and then splice hundreds of pieces of paper together to reproduce the artwork. Such a craft can not only copy unmovable cultural relics in equal size, but can also record cracks and erosion on them, providing cor

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China making headway in combating desertification

STORY: China making headway in combating desertification DATELINE: June 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:34 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of desertified land 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HAO LIBO, Zhongwei Shapotou National Nature Reserve, Ningxia 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): PATIGUL YASIN, Staff member, Desertification control station of Qiemo County STORYLINE: Friday marks the the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, which is observed by the United Nations on June 17 every year. As a country troubled by serious soil erosion, land desertification and soil salinization, China faces an arduous task in its afforestation work. Many places in the country have taken measures to tackle desertification. In the southern edge of China's Tengger Desert, straw checkerboards are used to combat desertification. It's a dune fixation technique in which straw is placed on the surface of the desert in the shape of a checkerboard. The "straw-checkerboard mode" has prevented the desert from en