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For thousands of years, bamboo inspired artists to create works of art. In the hands of artisans （手艺人）, bamboo can into beautiful objects.
Wuyi Mountain is a UNESCO World Heritage （遗产） Site that is near Fujian and Jiangxi provinces, and bamboo grows there. Apart from Wuyi Mountain's tea, the place is also known for bamboo weaving （编织） tradition. Artisans can make baskets, umbrellas, and almost out of bamboo. Carrying a history of 2, 000 years, bamboo weaving art was listed as a national heritage in 2008.
Xie Hong xing, 40, as an inheritor（传承人）of bamboo weaving art, has been weaving bamboo for 22 years. Recently, he has become famous for a mini Tiangong space station made of bamboo. Xie surprised watchers online by a knife to quickly cut bamboo into pieces of the same width. He said it took forty-six to finish his mini space station. He used more than a dozen species of local bamboo the beauty of the space station. It took him seven hours to figure out to weave a small national flag of China.
He hopes more young people in love with the art and discover the beauty of traditional culture.
