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Fang Shiying modifies one of her slate "paintings" at a studio in Cangzhou, Hebei Province on Nov. 27. (Photo by Yuan Liwei for chinadaily.com.cn)
A female sculptor in Hebei Province chisels various "paintings" on rock slates.
Her work includes landscapes, flowers, birds, fish and many animal and human figures.
Fang Shiying, 47, is a villager from Cangzhou city in Hebei, without any educational background.
Interested in the art form, she became a skilled sculptor after more than 20 years of practice.
She is now a fifth-generation inheritor of the traditional folk art, which originates from Wuqiao county in Cangzhou during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
![Fang Shiying modifies one of her slate \](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/11/28/bb16c1287ae04f58999da07eb9229182.jpg)
Fang Shiying modifies one of her slate "paintings" at a studio in Cangzhou, Hebei Province on Nov. 27. (Photo by Yuan Liwei for chinadaily.com.cn)
![Fang Shiying modifies one of her slate \](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/11/28/3fca720f67674fca913dac57a4ee4509.jpg)
Fang Shiying modifies one of her slate "paintings: at a studio in Cangzhou, Hebei Province on Nov. 27. (Photo by Yuan Liwei for chinadaily.com.cn)
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Fang Shiying wipes one of her slate "paintings: at a studio. (Photo by Yuan Liwei for chinadaily.com.cn)