Yang Guangquan takes a photo with his works at his studio in the Bashu cultural business street, Changchun city, Northeast China's Jilin province, July 22, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]

Over the past several years, Yang's studio has won the favor of many people; but the studio is just one method of preserving this tradition craft. Yang has also launched a folk artists cooperation platform involving nearly 100 craftsmen and covering more than 70 types of handicraft such as paper-cut, knife painting, and wood carving. The platform is responsible for finding a market for handicraft products, so that craftsmen can concentrate more on their creation.

"In this era, craftsmen need to innovate art forms while sticking to traditional craftsmanship to promote the traditional culture whilst revitalizing the craft itself, allowing it to be fully inherited," Yang said.