A set of cultural and creative products made by local famers in Yudong [Photo/WeChat account: quzhoufb]

Lifelike paintings are currently hanging on the walls of farm houses in Yudong village – located in the Kecheng district of Quzhou city of East China's Zhejiang province – after it made the 2021 list of national model villages for leisure tourism development, according to media reports on Nov 28.

More than 300 out of the village's population of 800 or so produce paintings during their spare time. Of these, six have been recognized as provincial outstanding folk-art talent.

The paintings are said to depict the landscape, the day-to-day lives of villagers, their local customs and rural culture – with unique decorative styles that combine bright colors, naive motifs and a wide range of stylized elements.

Some of the artworks were created by people in their eighties and some were presented by children from the village.

In 2018, Yudong village was successfully recognized as a national 3A-level tourist attraction.

In addition, Yudong established the Quzhou Yudong Farmer Painting Development Co Ltd. It was jointly founded by the village collective, a farmer painters and a professional management team, to promote the revitalization and development of Yudong on the road to "culture + tourism".