Models present traditional costumes of Miao ethnic group in Danzhai County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 2, 2018. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
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Students walk together with their parents to their coming-of-age ceremony held at Wuxiang high school in Wuxiang County, north China's Shanxi Province, July 3, 2018. (Xinhua/Li Yong)
Students cast letters written by themselves to the future into a box at their coming-of-age ceremony held at Wuxiang high school in Wuxiang County, north China's Shanxi Province, July 3, 2018. (Xinhua/Li Yong)
Students celebrate during their coming-of-age ceremony held at Wuxiang high school in Wuxiang County, north China's Shanxi Province, July 3, 2018. (Xinhua/Li Yong)
A tourist poses for photos with a lotus flower beside a lotus pond at Baojian Village in Donglin Town of Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 3, 2018. In recent years, the town has introduced ecology-friendly planting agriculture mode to its villages to help them improve living conditions as well as develop rural tourism. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Photo taken on July 3, 2018 shows a lotus flower in a lotus pond at Baojian Village in Donglin Town of Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Kindergarten children play soccer games in Rugao, East China's Jiangsu province, on June 22, 2018. [Photo/IC]
A boy takes part in a water fight game in Lianshui, East China's Jiangsu province, on June 23, 2018. [Photo/IC]
Young girls learn dancing skills at a training center in Bozhou city, east China's Anhui province, 24 June 2018. [Photo/IC]
Primary school students are given knowledge on electricity safety in Zaozhuang, East China's Shandong province, on June 27, 2018. [Photo/IC]
Children crayfish in a lotus pond in Luzhou, Southwest China's Sichuan province, on July 2, 2018. [Photo/IC]
A boy reads books in a library in Jinan, East China's Shandong province, on July 2, 2018. [Photo/IC]
Children of migrant workers and children with disabilities are given instructions about traffic safety in Zhenjiang, East China's Jiangsu province, on July 2, 2018. [Photo/IC]
Primary school students are given knowledge on drowning prevention knowledge in Donghai, East China's Jiangsu province, on July 1, 2018. [Photo/IC]
A boy sells glow sticks for pocket money at a night flea market in Zhengzhou, North China's Henan province, on July 1, 2018. [Photo/IC]
A child cools off in the sea as high temperature hit Sanya City, south China's Hainan Province, July 3, 2018. (Xinhua/Chen Wenwu)
An exhibition of relics from the Hall of Mental Cultivation (Yangxin dian) at Beijing’s Palace Museum takes place in Jinan City, the capital of East China’s Shandong Province, July 3, 2018. The exhibition is made up of some 240 relics including jade, enamel and painting works. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yong)
A car is washed into a rice paddy field during a flood caused by rainstorms in Huilong Town, Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, July 3, 2018. (Photo/IC)
A crane is used to lift a car from a rice paddy field in Huilong Town, Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, July 3, 2018. (Photo/IC)
Keepers prepare food for giant pandas at the Yunnan Wildlife Park in Kunming City, Southwest China’s Yunnan Province, July 3, 2018. The park has opened a panda kitchen where visitors can see how keepers prepare food for the animals and also participate in the preparation process in the future. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Ranyang)
Xiaobei poses with her DIY works in Beijing. [Photo/IC]
As machinery replaces handicrafts in modern age, a Beijinger makes up to 30,000 yuan ($4,524) a month with her cloth art, flower art, baking, soft pottery and wood art.
Xiaobei, who established her DIY workshop in 2016, teaches nearly 10,000 enthusiasts each year and her monthly income ranges from 10,000 yuan to 30,000 yuan.
As pace of life gets faster and faster, DIY has become a new way of life among different group of people in China.
"In the past, most of the customers were young but now some senior people also come to our workshop," said Xiaobei.
Creating things doesn't need a lot of people and it does not cost much either, she said. "With a little bit of patience the participants can make unique products and nothing can replace the feeling of creating something by hand," Xiaobei said.
As the spirit of craftsmanship takes hold, many people are confident about the development DIY market. Xiaobei plans to expand the scale of her workshop and package DIY courses so as to bring more happiness and satisfaction to more people.
Xiaobei is busy at her DIY workshop in Beijing. [Photo/IC]
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Visitors view robots dancing at China International Robot Show (CiROS) 2018 in East China's Shanghai, July 4, 2018. The CiROS opened here on Wednesday. [Photo/Xinhua]
Visitors view a humanroid at China International Robot Show (CiROS) 2018 in east China's Shanghai, July 4, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]
Children are going on their way to catch trains in Nanchang railway station, East China's Jiangxi province, on July 4, 2018. As the summer break starts, many migrant children schooling studying in cities with their parents are sent back to hometown to reunite with their other family members left behind in rural areas. [Photo/IC]
Carrying bags and luggage, a child boy and his father are going on their way to take catch trains in Nanchang railway station, East China's Jiangxi province, on July 4, 2018. [Photo/IC]
A girl feeds instant noodles to her brother in Nanchang railway station, East China's Jiangxi province, on July 4, 2018.
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