3. Feng Qingju, master painter of Yangliuqing nianhua

Nianhua, or New Year pictures, represent a millennia-old woodprint art in China. Chinese people place nianhua on the walls and doors of their homes during the Spring Festival to pray for good fortune.

Yangliuqing woodblock printing in North China's Tianjin city is one of the most prestigious nianhua forms in China, thriving for more than 400 years. Feng Qingju, a Yangliuqing nianhua painter, has plied his trade since the late 1950s at the tender age of 15. Aside from inheriting and improving the traditional techniques, Feng has also kept innovating new techniques to give the ancient folk art a new brilliance. 

Click here to watch the documentary about this master nianhua painter.