Painting on eggshells a post-retirement career of Shanghai senior

2018-08-22         Source: China Daily

Fei Yongquan, an 80-year-old retiree in Shanghai, shows his eggshell paintings featuring vivid characters from Water Margin, one of China's four great classics, on Aug 18, 2018. [Photo/VCG]

Fei was a teacher before retirement. A Peking Opera enthusiast, Fei started his post-retirement painting career from drawing Peking Opera facial masks on small eggshells. Over the past 10 years, he has created more than 3,000 tiny egg paintings of various subjects, covering figures from Chinese classics including Journey to the West, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, as well as the 12 animal signs of the Chinese zodiac. [Photo/VCG] 

Eggshell painting works created by Fei Yongquan. [Photo/VCG]

Fei works on an eggshell painting at his home in Shanghai, Aug 18, 2018. [Photo/VCG]

Fei digs a hole on an egg to let out yolk. [Photo/VCG]

Eggshell painting works created by Fei Yongquan. [Photo/VCG]