Across China: Transformation of the humble reed in China's Xiong'an

SHIJIAZHUANG, May 22 (Xinhua) -- In the eyes of 58-year-old Yang Bingjun, the common reed can be woven not only into producing mundane necessities, but also transformed into appealing artworks exhibited in a gallery, as exemplified by his lifelike depictions of Baer's pochards, the magnificent Great Wall, and poetic landscapes of the Xiong'an New Area.

As a representative inheritor of the provincial intangible c