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An artist works on a piece of rock pigment painting in Wuyishan City, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Dec. 21, 2025. (Photo by Chen Ying/Xinhua)
Wuyishan boasts a wide range of colorful rock and soil, which serve as a natural palette for painting, giving rise to the distinctive Wuyi rock pigment art. Integrating modern artistic elements and techniques into tradition, Wuyi rock pigment painting is gradually becoming a unique cultural feature of Wuyishan.
An artist displays the rock pigment materials in Wuyishan City, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Dec. 22, 2025. (Photo by Chen Ying/Xinhua)An artist grinds rock and soil into powder in Wuyishan City, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Dec. 19, 2025. (Photo by Chen Ying/Xinhua)An artist grinds rock and soil into powder in Wuyishan City, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Dec. 19, 2025. (Photo by Chen Ying/Xinhua)An artist sieves rock and soil powder in Wuyishan City, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Dec. 19, 2025. (Photo by Chen Ying/Xinhua)An artist grinds rock and soil into powder in Wuyishan City, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Dec. 19, 2025. (Photo by Chen Ying/Xinhua)An artist makes boards for rock pigment paintings in Wuyishan City, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Dec. 22, 2025. (Photo by Chen Ying/Xinhua)An artist arranges the rock pigment materials in Wuyishan City, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Dec. 22, 2025. (Photo by Chen Ying/Xinhua)This photo taken on Dec. 21, 2025 shows decorative patterns painted with rock pigments on an ancient residential building in Wuyishan City, southeast China’s Fujian Province. (Photo by Chen Ying/Xinhua)An artist makes boards for rock pigment paintings in Wuyishan City, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Dec. 22, 2025. (Photo by Chen Ying/Xinhua)An artist works on a piece of rock pigment painting in Wuyishan City, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Dec. 5, 2025. (Photo by Chen Ying/Xinhua)An artist works on a piece of rock pigment painting in Wuyishan City, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Dec. 5, 2025. (Photo by Chen Ying/Xinhua)An artist communicates with children on rock pigment paintings in Wuyishan City, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Dec. 20, 2025. (Photo by Chen Ying/Xinhua)Children work on a piece of rock pigment painting in Wuyishan City, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Dec. 20, 2025. (Photo by Chen Ying/Xinhua)Artists communicate on a piece of rock pigment painting in Wuyishan City, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Dec. 21, 2025. (Photo by Chen Ying/Xinhua)
Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance,
a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went
back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016,
working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
