Pic story: self-taught craftsman makes over 1,000 gourd pyrography handicrafts

Wang Hongmiao works on a gourd pyrography handicraft at his home in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, Aug. 4, 2019. Wang Hongmiao, a 57-year-old self-taught craftsman, has made over 1,000 gourd pyrography handicrafts featuring historical figures, fairy tales, plants, animals and insects in the past ten years. Gourd pyrography is an art of decorating the gourd by burning a graphic design on the surface with heated tools. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)