A radish carving with three Chinese characters "Zhongguomeng", Chinese Dream in English, is placed on the table. (cnr.cn/Wang Haibin)

Cui Chuanbao, 50, is a farmer in Damawan village in Jiaozhou, eastern China's Shandong province. Cui is a cook and likes collecting folk objects in Jiaodong Peninsula.

Cui held a "folk objects exhibition" in his yard in 2010, which attracted lots of villagers. He wants the youth to understand people's plain life in the past. Sometimes, Cui will show his carving skills.