Tryken Crew's members paint graffiti on the wall. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Trip to Germany

Street artists are becoming more connected with their colleagues elsewhere in the world.

In February last year, Ye and his team helped organize the JOYBO Street Art Festival in Chongqing. The winning team was rewarded with a 12-day graffiti trip to Germany in March last year.

Nine Chinese artists traveled to Germany, where they took part in the Berlin Mural Fest and painted a 50-m-long, 5-m-high mural together with local street artists.

In February, Chen, from Jiaxing, joined the POW!WOW! Festival in Hawaii, a weeklong event that included gallery shows, lectures, schools for art and music, and mural projects. He spent two days painting a Chinese god of longevity at the festival.