Zhang Lin: inheritor of fish skin handicraft in NE China

Zhang Lin instructs a foreign student who came to learn about fish skin handicrafts at a studio in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 20, 2011. The fish skin handicraft of Hezhe ethnic group was listed as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in 2006. As a provincial inheritor, Zhang Lin has been researching and producing fish skin artworks for over ten years. She started to promote fish skin handicrafts in schools and communities through classes and forums in recent years to help people know more about this precious art form. (Xinhua)