Photo taken on Nov. 4, 2020 shows a piece of stone carving artwork in Qingtian County, east China's Zhejiang Province. In recent years, Qingtian County has been vigorously promoting the cultural industry of stone carving. It also makes comprehensive efforts to further boost the prestige of the Qingtian stone carving at home and abroad, trying to increase the overall competiveness of the cultural industry. So far, Qingtian County have more than 20,000 practitioners engaging in the stone carving industry, and over 4,000 professional stone carving artists, including 8 national level and 49 provincial level masters of arts and crafts. The Qingtian stone carving, originated in Qingtian County of Zhejiang Province, is reputed as "embroidery on stone" with its beautiful modeling and refined craftsmanship, and has been loved by people during its thousands of years of history. It was listed in the first batch of the national intangible cultural heritage in 2016. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
