While wandering through the Muslim Market we came across some beautiful pieces of peasant art. The artist, Ding Jitang, is from Chenggu, China which is another city in the Shaanxi Province.
In 1956 he started painting in Huxian County, the birthplace of peasant painting in China, and has brought up many other artists there. It's just about an hour from Xi'an. His shop features his work as well as his students. He happened to be in when we stopped by, so we got to speak with him some. He showed us his work and also some of the places around the world where his artwork has been exhibited.
Woodcutting is an artistic technique in printmaking in which an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood, which allows for multiple prints to be made. The first two that we've posted here are ones that we brought home.
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