Chen Guorui shows a Gaolou rice craftwork resembling a cock in Gaolou Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 21, 2021. (Xinhua/Song Weiwei)

Gaolou rice handicraft, a craft that makes three dimensional artworks with rice grains, is an endangered folk art in Gaolou Village of Fuzhou with a history of about 100 years. Chen Guorui, born in 1987, decided to revive the craft after graduating from an industrial art college. He consulted local elders and continued to explore, employing coloring and antisepsis technologies. Nowadays, the craft has been listed as one of the intangible cultural heritages of Fuzhou City. Four inheriting bases for the craft have been set up in four schools in Changle District of Fuzhou, where Chen Guorui spend his leisure time to teach students.

Chen Guorui puts rice grains in order before making rice craftwork in Gaolou Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 21, 2021. (Xinhua/Song Weiwei)

 

Chen Guorui makes a Gaolou rice craftwork in Gaolou Village, Fuzhou City of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 21, 2021. (Xinhua/Song Weiwei)

 

Chen Guorui teaches students to make Gaolou rice craftwork at a primary school in Changle District of Fuzhou City, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 21, 2021. (Xinhua/Song Weiwei)