Artistic one-legged beggar draws stunning pictures   

独腿男子街头坐画《蒙娜丽莎》 已画上千遍(图)

前日傍晚6点过，天已渐黑。沙坪坝区南开中学对面广场围了一大群人。人群中央，一名中年男子蹲坐在地上，挥动着手中画笔不停地在地上画着，旁若无人。没多久，一匹棕色的马，呼之欲出。“画得好好哟！”人群中不时发出惊叹声。细心的人发现，中年男子没有左腿，身体移动主要靠双手挪动———原来，他是个残疾人，在街头画画乞讨。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- A one-legged man who draws on the ground while begging in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality has drawn a lot of attention from local people, the Chongqing Evening News reported.

Cong Langui, 52, who sits on a square in Shapingba District, drew a "Mona Lisa," one of the world's most famous paintings, on the ground using a lump of charcoal on Tuesday.

The excellent drawing attracted many citizens who stood in a circle around him, putting one-yuan and five-yuan notes into Cong's money box.

After drawing a 3D-like picture of a horse, Cong, who can't stand, bent his upper body to thank the crowd.

Cong said he learned to draw on his own after his left leg was amputated due to a tumor when he was 16. Five years later, he left his hometown in Shandong province and traveled the country while begging.

He said he would go to local museums, galleries and art expos when he arrived at a city. "I learned so much from each visit," he said, adding that he also begged and painted outside some art academies with the aim of communicating with teachers and students there.

"I had drawn Mona Lisa at least a thousand times," Cong said, adding that at first his fingers always got bloody from rubbing on the ground, but later he developed big calluses around his knuckles.

Cong said he missed his family very much, but he couldn't go back and trouble them.

Liu Jinghuo, a well-known local artist, said Cong surpasses many art students in skill. If given the chance, he can do better, Liu said.