"I painted domestic appliances, or even cars, which were not yet frequently seen in rural areas," Xie says. He also painted modern-dressing girls.
Xie has also been invited to paint walls in neighboring villages. In 2013, Xie was invited to Yangjialing Village to help record the bumper harvests through paintings on the walls.
"Yangjialing is in the same county as my village," Xie says. "The local villagers were relocated there due to a water facility project in the 1970s, and life was really hard in the barren place at first."
After more than 40 years of development, the mountains there have seen fruit gardens spring up. Every harvest season, buses filled with tourists show up to buy fruits.
"Harvests have come a long way and are not easy, and we want you to paint the history of our lives here," local villagers told Xie. Xie helped paint pictures of the older generation carrying quilts and their babies to Yangjialing, and how they managed to survive and thrive there.
Farmers are enjoying a better life today thanks to the government efforts in giving priorities to the development of agriculture and rural areas.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs forecasts steady output. China is expected to embrace its 15th consecutive bumper harvest this year.
These days, Xie's paintings have not only made it onto village walls but also have been included in art exhibitions in metropolises like Beijing and Shanghai.
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