
Ma Yucheng, a Baotou resident in his 70s, displays his wheat straw patchwork on Dec 25. Artists like Ma, who has been practicing for more than four years, shape straw into patterns and representational images and then paint them. [Photo/Baotou Daily]

A straw painting by Ma Yuncheng [Photo/Baotou Daily]
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