Source: CCTV.com

07-04-2008 08:40

Special Report:   2008 Beijing Olympic Games

The Olympic spirit is being distilled in art all around the country. One noteworthy example is a group of artistic Chinese farmers. They use agricultural products, like beans and dough, to mould works of art, based on the Olympic theme.

Here at the China Farmers Art Show, unvarnished homemade  crafts are on show, inside the China Agricultural Exhibition Hall.

Here at the China Farmers Art Show, unvarnished homemade crafts are on show, inside the China Agricultural Exhibition Hall. There're Olympic emblems made of walnuts and dough. There're also works made from beans and cloth.

Through diverse arts, including paper-cutting, embroidery, wood carving, bamboo weaving and shadow play, the exhibition illuminates aspects of farm life. It speaks to tilling the fields, or cultivation of crops as much as it does to family life.

To the east, in Shanghai, a set of musical instruments was fashioned especially for the Olympic Games. Traditional Chinese instruments like the Chinese zither, fiddle, flute and plucked string instruments are decorated with symbols of the Beijing Olympics. During the Games in August, the instruments will be on show at different venues.