In pics: Winter Games mascot fever popularizes Chinese crafts

A craftsman teaches pupils to stitch Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics mascot Bing Dwen Dwen with traditional Yuzhang embroidery at Nanchang, east China’s Jiangxi Province, Feb. 9, 2022. Yuzhang embroidery is an intangible cultural heritage of Nanchang. Traditional crafts endow the Games with a new form of expression. The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics opened last Friday and will conclude on Feb. 20.

A pupil stitches Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics mascot Bing Dwen Dwen under the help of the craftsman at Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 9, 2022.

A craftsman shows two Qinhuai Lantern work in the shape of Beijing Olympics and Paralympics mascots Bing Dwen Dwen and Shuey Rhon Rhon at Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. Qinhuai lanterns is a intangible culture heritage of Jiangsu. Tourists and local citizens would celebrate the Lantern Festival every year with diversified types of Qinhuai lanterns. It generally involves framework-making, paper-pasting and decoration.

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