

A tree-shaped windmill is titled "Flourishing Flowers," and a giant glass installation reflects the mountain scenery. In Caijiapo village, artworks are seen everywhere: portraits pop up in wheat fields, and murals and graffiti are painted on the outer walls of houses - and even on a water tower. Accordingly, numerous Chinese villages have proactively developed industries with their own characteristics. In recent years, China has been calling for efforts to advance rural revitalization across the board and ceaselessly strive for the modernization of agriculture and rural areas. It also promotes the common prosperity of urban and rural areas, and opens a new path for China's rural modernization. He said that art draws many urbanites to the countryside - a place where humans and nature coexist in harmony. "On the other hand, it preserves the village's landscape and keeps the Chinese people's idyllic dreams alive." "On one hand, it allows relatively regressive rural areas to cultivate multiple industries and increase farmers' incomes," Yu said. This five-year art "experiment" has opened a special path for China's rural modernization, according to Yu Ningkai, director of the Rural Development Institute of the Shaanxi Academy of Social Sciences.

Little by little, they have turned this village into an art lab, a tourist destination and an ideal location for young entrepreneurs through an infusion of artistic activity. XI'AN - People wearing straw hats painted with images of stray cats or sunflowers are popping up in the wheat fields of Northwest China, taking the place of farmers who can finally sit back and relax after the summer harvest.įor more than five years, over 100 artists have traveled to Caijiapo, a once-impoverished village nestled in the Qinling Mountains, about 50 kilometers from Xi'an, the provincial capital of Shaanxi.
