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Hangzhou Eye episode 95: Representative inheritor of bloodstone carving

Hangzhou publicity bureau and Hangzhou Culture Radio & Television Group| Updated: July 9, 2021 L M S

Changhua town in Lin'an district of Hangzhou is rich in a kind of stone called bloodstone.

This episode is about Qian Gaochao, a representative inheritor of bloodstone carving, which is a national intangible cultural heritage. He has been engaged in bloodsone carving for 45 years, and the stones he carved were given to heads of state as a national gift at the G20 Hangzhou Summit.

     
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