Provincial intangible cultural heritage of China's Anhui: bamboo screen

Villagers lacquer a bamboo screen at Xiaoling village of Dingjiaqiao town in Jingxian county, east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 15, 2019. The bamboo screen is an essential tool to make Xuan paper, a kind of handmade paper for traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy. It is a traditional handicraft in Xiaoling and has been listed as a provincial intangible cultural heritage of Anhui in 2017. The making of bamboo screen consists of over 40 procedures including bamboo selection, weaving and lacquering. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)