Zhang Lin: inheritor of fish skin handicraft in NE China

Source: Xinhua     2018-12-5

Photo taken on Dec. 4, 2011 shows Zhang Lin introducing fish skin handicrafts in Harbin Engineering University in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The fish skin handicraft of Hezhe ethnic group was listed as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in 2006. As a provincial inheritor, Zhang Lin has been researching and producing fish skin artworks for over ten years. She started to promote fish skin handicrafts in schools and communities through classes and forums in recent years to help people know more about this precious art form. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)

Zhang Lin shows a fish skin handicraft at the studio in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Nov. 28, 2011. The fish skin handicraft of Hezhe ethnic group was listed as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in 2006. As a provincial inheritor, Zhang Lin has been researching and producing fish skin artworks for over ten years. She started to promote fish skin handicrafts in schools and communities through classes and forums in recent years to help people know more about this precious art form. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)

Zhang Lin explains the process of making fish skin handicrafts in a vocational school in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 3, 2018. The fish skin handicraft of Hezhe ethnic group was listed as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in 2006. As a provincial inheritor, Zhang Lin has been researching and producing fish skin artworks for over ten years. She started to promote fish skin handicrafts in schools and communities through classes and forums in recent years to help people know more about this precious art form.      

Zhang Lin makes fish skin handicrafts at the studio in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Nov. 28, 2011. The fish skin handicraft of Hezhe ethnic group was listed as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in 2006. As a provincial inheritor, Zhang Lin has been researching and producing fish skin artworks for over ten years. She started to promote fish skin handicrafts in schools and communities through classes and forums in recent years to help people know more about this precious art form.

Zhang Lin introduces fish skin handicrafts in a vocational school in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 3, 2018. The fish skin handicraft of Hezhe ethnic group was listed as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in 2006. As a provincial inheritor, Zhang Lin has been researching and producing fish skin artworks for over ten years. She started to promote fish skin handicrafts in schools and communities through classes and forums in recent years to help people know more about this precious art form.

Photo taken on Dec. 4, 2011 shows Zhang Lin introducing fish skin handicrafts in Harbin Engineering University in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The fish skin handicraft of Hezhe ethnic group was listed as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in 2006. As a provincial inheritor, Zhang Lin has been researching and producing fish skin artworks for over ten years. She started to promote fish skin handicrafts in schools and communities through classes and forums in recent years to help people know more about this precious art form.

Zhang Lin makes fish skin handicrafts at the studio in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Nov. 28, 2011. The fish skin handicraft of Hezhe ethnic group was listed as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in 2006. As a provincial inheritor, Zhang Lin has been researching and producing fish skin artworks for over ten years. She started to promote fish skin handicrafts in schools and communities through classes and forums in recent years to help people know more about this precious art form. 

Zhang Lin introduces fish skin handicrafts to visitors on a culture exhibition in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 18, 2009. The fish skin handicraft of Hezhe ethnic group was listed as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in 2006. As a provincial inheritor, Zhang Lin has been researching and producing fish skin artworks for over ten years. She started to promote fish skin handicrafts in schools and communities through classes and forums in recent years to help people know more about this precious art form. 

Zhang Lin poses for a photo with people who came to learn about fish skin handicrafts at a studio in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 20, 2011. The fish skin handicraft of Hezhe ethnic group was listed as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in 2006. As a provincial inheritor, Zhang Lin has been researching and producing fish skin artworks for over ten years. She started to promote fish skin handicrafts in schools and communities through classes and forums in recent years to help people know more about this precious art form.

Photo taken on Dec. 4, 2011 shows Zhang Lin introducing fish skin handicrafts in Harbin Engineering University in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The fish skin handicraft of Hezhe ethnic group was listed as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in 2006. As a provincial inheritor, Zhang Lin has been researching and producing fish skin artworks for over ten years. She started to promote fish skin handicrafts in schools and communities through classes and forums in recent years to help people know more about this precious art form.