67-year-old Zhang Chongsheng turns wheat straw into works of art in Jinan, East China's Shandong province. Zhang has created art from straw for more than 40 years. Due to his artistic achievements ...

The art was listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Chongqing in September 2009. As a symbol of harvest and wealth, wheat straw has been taken as sacred through the ages.

The seed is in the ground,” 2024. A view from Tinworks Art with purple mountains rising above neighboring sheds, amid golden wheat. The acre crop at Tinworks Art needed constant care.