Folk artist Kang Xiukui polishes a straw for making a painting with skills of pyrography and straw painting in Puxian County, north China's Shanxi Province, Aug. 15, 2012. Kang Xiukui, 60, who combines the painting skills of pyrography and straw painting, creates many vivid painting works. (Xinhua/Yan Yuepeng)
Folk artist Kang Xiukui makes a painting "Tiger's Roar" with skills of pyrography and straw painting in Puxian County, north China's Shanxi Province, Aug. 15, 2012. Kang Xiukui, 60, who combines the painting skills of pyrography and straw painting, creates many vivid painting works. (Xinhua/Yan Yuepeng)
Folk artist Kang Xiukui makes a painting with skills of pyrography and straw painting in Puxian County, north China's Shanxi Province, Aug. 15, 2012. Kang Xiukui, 60, who combines the painting skills of pyrography and straw painting, creates many vivid painting works. (Xinhua/Yan Yuepeng)
Folk artist Kang Xiukui selects straws for making paintings with skills of pyrography and straw painting in Puxian County, north China's Shanxi Province, Aug. 15, 2012. Kang Xiukui, 60, who combines the painting skills of pyrography and straw painting, creates many vivid painting works. (Xinhua/Yan Yuepeng)
