Chen Yuxia, a farmer from Tancheng County of east China's Shandong Province, makes Chinese Knots during an exhibition of Shandong folk arts in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 16, 2011. Some 4,000 artworks and handicrafts made by the farmers from Shandong Province were exhibited in the National Art Museum of China.

Wang Fujing, a farmer from Linshu County of east China's Shandong Province, makes a basket with osier during an exhibition of Shandong folk arts in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 16, 2011. Some 4,000 artworks and handicrafts made by the farmers from Shandong Province were exhibited in the National Art Museum of China.

Liu Chunying, a farmer from Juancheng County of east China's Shandong Province, shows the fabrics she made with a traditional loom handed down from her family during an exhibition of Shandong folk arts in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 16, 2011. Some 4,000 artworks and handicrafts made by the farmers from Shandong Province were exhibited in the National Art Museum of China.

Visitors walk past an exhibited gate of a traditional folk house during an exhibition of Shandong folk arts in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 16, 2011. Some 4,000 artworks and handicrafts made by the farmers from Shandong Province were exhibited in the National Art Museum of China.

Source: People's Daily online