Zhaun Namur, a representative inheritor of Jarud woodblock painting art, shows one of his artworks at a woodblock painting institute in Jarud Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2025. The creation of a Jarud woodblock painting work, which originated in Jarud Banner in the late 1950s, has to go through more than a dozen steps, finished with engraving knife, woodblock and ink.
The Jarud genre of woodblock painting was listed as one of the intangible cultural heritages of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in 2009.
Nowadays, woodblock painting artists in Jarud, professional and amateur alike, are turning out vast amount of artworks that reflect their modern life on the grasslands. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
Painter Zhao Zhi creates a Jarud woodblock painting at a woodblock painting institute in Jarud Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
Painter Qi Tongyue introduces his artworks at a woodblock painting institute in Jarud Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2025. (Xinhua/Liu Wenhui)
Painter Qi Tongyue introduces his artworks at a woodblock painting institute in Jarud Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2025. (Xinhua/Liu Wenhui)
Painter Qi Tongyue creates a Jarud woodblock painting at a woodblock painting institute in Jarud Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2025. (Xinhua/Liu Wenhui)
Painter Chen Qimeg prepares pigments for her painting at a woodblock painting institute in Jarud Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2025. (Xinhua/Liu Wenhui)
Painter Chen Qimeg shows one of her artworks at a woodblock painting institute in Jarud Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2025. (Xinhua/Liu Wenhui)
Painter Shi Fangyu creates a Jarud woodblock painting at a woodblock painting institute in Jarud Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
Painter Qi Tongyue creates a Jarud woodblock painting at a woodblock painting institute in Jarud Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
Zhaun Namur, a representative inheritor of Jarud woodblock painting art, creates a painting at a woodblock painting institute in Jarud Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
Painter Shi Fangyu creates a Jarud woodblock painting at a woodblock painting institute in Jarud Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
Painter Shi Fangyu creates a Jarud woodblock painting at a woodblock painting institute in Jarud Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
Painter Qi Tongyue introduces an unfinished Jarud woodblock painting at a woodblock painting institute in Jarud Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2025. (Xinhua/Liu Wenhui)
Painter Zhao Zhi creates a Jarud woodblock painting at a woodblock painting institute in Jarud Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
Zhaun Namur, a representative inheritor of Jarud woodblock painting art, creates a painting at a woodblock painting institute in Jarud Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
