Located at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains, Caijiapo, a village in the Huyi district of Xi'an, the capital city of Shaanxi province, is full of artistic atmosphere, with various styles of art pieces (decorate) the fields, houses and country roads.
This remarkable transformation began six years ago Wu Xiaochuan, a professor from the Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts, (lead) a group of students to the village to create art. He and his team rented 5 mu(0.33 hectares) of wheat land and create various artworks in the fields.
(initial) met with confusion by villagers as those art forms were displayed without relevance to their daily lives, Wu realized that integration was necessary for (accept) and vibration within the community. Then a breakthrough came in hosting the first "Guanzhong Mangba Arts Festival". (integrate) with the Mangba Festival, Wu and the students set up 100-square-meter stage in the fields after the summer harvest. They invited Qinqiang Opera troupes, aerobics teams, and folk music groups to take part the art festival and perform on the stage.
From many spectators to active (participant), residents in the Caijiapo village, together with artists and the local government, made joint efforts (build) this artistic community to achieve rural revitalization(振兴).
The construction of the art village has stimulated the emergence of fresh consumption scenes in Caijiapo and its neighboring areas.
