Lin Shiyuan, a China Arts and Crafts Master, shows the "Thoroughly Tempered" silver kettle, which costs him one year to complete in Fu'an, southeast China's Fujian Province, April 16, 2014. Lin Shiyuan is a main inheritor of the She ethnic group silver crafts, which is one project of the national intangible cultural heritages. He established an institute of the She ethnic group silver crafts and an art class of silver carving to inherit and develop the silver crafts. In the course of innovation, he integrated cultures of She ethnic group with traditional silver crafts to keep the She ethnic group silver crafts alive. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
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