![Wang Zhongxiang uses discarded jade fragments to make handicrafts in Qilian County, Northwest China\'s Qinghai Province, March 28, 2019. The 55-year-old folk artist is known for his ability to turn the waste into valuable works of art often through time-consuming processes, such as polishing, painting and pasting. (Photo: China News Service/Ma Mingyan)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2019/03/29/8736cbf6220347319a2ba52d186f5cfc.jpg)
Wang Zhongxiang uses discarded jade fragments to make handicrafts in Qilian County, Northwest China's Qinghai Province, March 28, 2019. The 55-year-old folk artist is known for his ability to turn the waste into valuable works of art often through time-consuming processes, such as polishing, painting and pasting. (Photo: China News Service/Ma Mingyan)
![Wang Zhongxiang uses discarded jade fragments to make handicrafts in Qilian County, Northwest China\'s Qinghai Province, March 28, 2019. The 55-year-old folk artist is known for his ability to turn the waste into valuable works of art often through time-consuming processes, such as polishing, painting and pasting. (Photo: China News Service/Ma Mingyan)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2019/03/29/e9c8e26c5d1e425bb44a89cb3fb9e15d.jpg)
Wang Zhongxiang uses discarded jade fragments to make handicrafts in Qilian County, Northwest China's Qinghai Province, March 28, 2019. The 55-year-old folk artist is known for his ability to turn the waste into valuable works of art often through time-consuming processes, such as polishing, painting and pasting. (Photo: China News Service/Ma Mingyan)
![Wang Zhongxiang uses discarded jade fragments to make handicrafts in Qilian County, Northwest China\'s Qinghai Province, March 28, 2019. The 55-year-old folk artist is known for his ability to turn the waste into valuable works of art often through time-consuming processes, such as polishing, painting and pasting. (Photo: China News Service/Ma Mingyan)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2019/03/29/6f495bb796544dba8a43bb6ad518a17a.jpg)
Wang Zhongxiang uses discarded jade fragments to make handicrafts in Qilian County, Northwest China's Qinghai Province, March 28, 2019. The 55-year-old folk artist is known for his ability to turn the waste into valuable works of art often through time-consuming processes, such as polishing, painting and pasting. (Photo: China News Service/Ma Mingyan)
![Wang Zhongxiang uses discarded jade fragments to make handicrafts in Qilian County, Northwest China\'s Qinghai Province, March 28, 2019. The 55-year-old folk artist is known for his ability to turn the waste into valuable works of art often through time-consuming processes, such as polishing, painting and pasting. (Photo: China News Service/Ma Mingyan)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2019/03/29/ac41b5c04f714343babfec3f21cd4684.jpg)
Wang Zhongxiang uses discarded jade fragments to make handicrafts in Qilian County, Northwest China's Qinghai Province, March 28, 2019. The 55-year-old folk artist is known for his ability to turn the waste into valuable works of art often through time-consuming processes, such as polishing, painting and pasting. (Photo: China News Service/Ma Mingyan)
![Visitors look at handicrafts made by Wang Zhongxiang using discarded jade fragments in Qilian County, Northwest China\'s Qinghai Province, March 28, 2019. The 55-year-old folk artist is known for his ability to turn the waste into valuable works of art often through time-consuming processes, such as polishing, painting and pasting. (Photo: China News Service/Ma Mingyan)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2019/03/29/fa29f06fe686467483e4aedc3e25231d.jpg)
Visitors look at handicrafts made by Wang Zhongxiang using discarded jade fragments in Qilian County, Northwest China's Qinghai Province, March 28, 2019. The 55-year-old folk artist is known for his ability to turn the waste into valuable works of art often through time-consuming processes, such as polishing, painting and pasting. (Photo: China News Service/Ma Mingyan)