In pics: gourd artworks in east China

Liu Zhen creates on a gourd at home in Tangshan Township of Nanchang City, east China's Jiangxi Province, Sept. 16, 2020. Liu Zhen, 71, has been engrossed in gourd artworks for many years. In 2004, Liu sustained a spinal injury in an accident and had to stay home for most of the time. He tried to create artworks on gourds with soldering iron as diversion, and has created thousands of gourd artworks since then. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)