Judging a Chinese book by its cover. A father creates buzz online by painting traditional pictures on child's text book
Updated 10:47, 28-Jun-2018
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An incredibly talented father from Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province made his son the center of attention on his first day at school because of his amazing hand-painted textbook covers with a touch of ancient beauty. / Photo: qjwb.com

An incredibly talented father from Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province made his son the center of attention on his first day at school because of his amazing hand-painted textbook covers with a touch of ancient beauty. / Photo: qjwb.com

The versatile father, Zheng Gang, is actually a PE teacher at a local school in Zhejiang. He used to teach math, art and photography in schools, and is now a football coach in Nan Xiaobu elementary school. / Photo: qjwb.com

The versatile father, Zheng Gang, is actually a PE teacher at a local school in Zhejiang. He used to teach math, art and photography in schools, and is now a football coach in Nan Xiaobu elementary school. / Photo: qjwb.com

These colored-sketches are imitation of the works of Feng Zikai, a famous contemporary Chinese painter who helped popularize the art of comics in China. / Photo: qjwb.com

These colored-sketches are imitation of the works of Feng Zikai, a famous contemporary Chinese painter who helped popularize the art of comics in China. / Photo: qjwb.com

Zheng said while he used kraft paper to make these covers, he found it somewhat plain on the surface, hence these amazing paintings. / Photo: qjwb.com

Zheng said while he used kraft paper to make these covers, he found it somewhat plain on the surface, hence these amazing paintings. / Photo: qjwb.com

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Photo: qjwb.com