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Pyrography artist brands dragons onto gourds

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A photo shows an artist using a soldering iron to mark a gourd in Jinan, Shandong Province, on January 29, 2024. /IC
A photo shows an artist using a soldering iron to mark a gourd in Jinan, Shandong Province, on January 29, 2024. /IC

A photo shows an artist using a soldering iron to mark a gourd in Jinan, Shandong Province, on January 29, 2024. /IC

A photo shows an artist using a soldering iron to mark a gourd in Jinan, Shandong Province, on January 29, 2024. /IC
A photo shows an artist using a soldering iron to mark a gourd in Jinan, Shandong Province, on January 29, 2024. /IC

A photo shows an artist using a soldering iron to mark a gourd in Jinan, Shandong Province, on January 29, 2024. /IC

A photo shows an artist using a soldering iron to mark a gourd in Jinan, Shandong Province, on January 29, 2024. /IC
A photo shows an artist using a soldering iron to mark a gourd in Jinan, Shandong Province, on January 29, 2024. /IC

A photo shows an artist using a soldering iron to mark a gourd in Jinan, Shandong Province, on January 29, 2024. /IC

A photo shows pyrography artist Li Yaning marking a gourd in Jinan, Shandong Province, on January 29, 2024. /IC
A photo shows pyrography artist Li Yaning marking a gourd in Jinan, Shandong Province, on January 29, 2024. /IC

A photo shows pyrography artist Li Yaning marking a gourd in Jinan, Shandong Province, on January 29, 2024. /IC

Intricate details of a dragon appeared on a gourd in the hands of a pyrography artist in Jinan, Shandong Province. Harnessing the skills of this Shandong intangible cultural heritage practice, Li Yaning fashions images of this year's sign of the Chinese zodiac with a soldering iron as the Year of the Dragon approaches. Armed with 25 years of studying this skill, Li brings together pyrography art with gourd culture, an integral component of traditional Chinese culture. 

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