Creating paintings with different kinds of grain is known as grain painting. It has made small village in Hebei Province popular and opens a way for this village to sell products.
Shoudong Village in Hebei Province developed 11 grain painting companies four workshops. " It has up the country's first school to teach the art, " the local government said.
to the records, local people have been creating paintings with grain the Tang Dynasty (618 — 907 ). They use different kinds of grain and seeds as materials in different steps, including sticking and cutting. Their are rich with views, characters, flowers and birds in a special way.
Many local people make more by grain painting. The post-80s Shi Xianqiao, who has been in painting since childhood, began to create paintings with grain in 2014. She also built a grain painting workshop to help the local . Their products are at home and abroad. The grain art gives people new ideas towards nature and life.