Qian Xiayu paints peonies on a rubbing work at the Luoyang Huaxia Rubbing Culture Museum in Luoyang City, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 11, 2024.

Jinshi Bogu, an intangible cultural heritage of Luoyang, refers to the painting created on the paper already marked with inked characters and patterns that are made with rubbing techniques.

The combination of the characters and patterns, initially engraved on stones or ancient artifacts, with the hand painting images and calligraphy by an artist, represents the integration of the different traditions of Chinese art.

Qian Xiayu, an inheritor of Jinshi Bogu painting, keeps trying with her mentor to apply this traditional technique to various cultural products and daily life objects as Chinese fans and lamps. [Xinhua/Li An]