Source: CCTV.com

02-01-2008 09:57

Special Report:   2008 Spring Festival

For the ethnic Hezhe people of north-eastern China's Heilongjiang Province, fish are the heart of the economy and the culture. Not only do fish supply the stable food, the skins are used for making delicate clothes and decorations. A company in Heilongjiang has come up with a new idea to blend the fish skin handicrafts, with Chinese traditional New Year pictures. The company has produced its first set of New Year fish skin pictures.

These New Year pictures are something new for most people.

These New Year pictures are something new for most people. They are made not from rice paper, as would be expected, but from the skins of chum salmon. With exquisite designs and bright colors, the pictures are vivid depictions of famous historic events, of people in their daily lives and of best wishes for the coming year.

Jiang Tao, director, Huaxia hezhe fish skin culture company, said, " We try to breathe new life into Chinese folk culture by combining the ancient fish skin handicraft with traditional New Year pictures.Our Hezhe culture also gets promoted to a new level. "