1 / 3   Students at a local elementary school in north China’s Handan City in Hebei Province had a special extracurricular class on Tuesday, appreciating and learning the beauty and delicacy of traditional vein painting. /Xinhua Photo

2 / 3   Zhu Yuyao, a successor of leaf vein painting, demonstrated the complex making processes. /Xinhua Photo

3 / 3   Zhu has dedicated himself to decades of leaf vein painting. The 78-year-old artist has created over 800 pieces of art work featuring different themes, such as animals, landscape, calligraphy and figures in China. /Xinhua Photo