The car model is 1934 Mercedes 500K Special Roadster. [Photo by Zhang Xiaoting / for chinadaily.com.cn]
Sun Lixue, a 62-year-old carpenter from Tieling, Liaoning province, spent eight years building a sports car out of wood. The wooden car cost him more than 200,000 yuan ($28,430) and years of self-learning from internet.
Sun Lixue is assembling his wooden car. [Photo by Zhang Xiaoting / for chinadaily.com.cn]
Sun began to learn carpentry from his father at the age of 16. But he was fascinated with the idea of combining modern technology with tradition.
It was 10 years ago when he was surfing online that he found a brand-new world of creative carpentry.
"I discovered that my foreign counterparts could make almost everything with wood. So I thought I could too," said Sun. He decided to create one car with hands.
He started learning typing from scratch and taught himself ergonomics via the internet. Sun completely devoted the past eight years to his car.
"I hope this wooden car could be displayed out of the village and be appreciated by experts both at home and abroad," Sun said.
A girl tries the latest livestreaming courses of Xueersi Online School owned by the education company TAL Education Group in Beijing. [Photo provided to China Daily]
A real anchor stands in front of her virtual counterpart supported by Sogou's Vocational Avatar Technology on a screen at China Online Literature+ Conference 2019. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Visitors to the Light of Internet Expo of the sixth World Internet Conference take a close look at Alibaba's homegrown AI inference chip, the Hanguang 800, in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/China Daily]
Artists perform at the opening ceremony of the 13th China Chongqing Yangtze River Three Gorges (Wushan) International Red Leaf Festival in Wushan County, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Nov. 22, 2019.
People watch performance on Pingyao old street in Pingyao Town of Yuhang District in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Nov. 23, 2019. Pingyao old street was officially opened after two years of comprehensive renovation.
The renovated street fully retains the style of the 1970s and 1980s. After the transformation of the old street, it has also introduced a variety of commercial formats such as traditional cakes, tea, Chinese food, western food, cultural innovation and non-staple food retail, turning into a cultural block with beautiful environment, rich formats and diversified culture. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Artists perform at the "China Night" cultural activities in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on Nov. 22, 2019. The Chinese Embassy in Kuwait organized Friday evening "China Night" cultural activities to promote mutual understanding between the two countries. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua)
A chef makes Lanzhou-style Lamian (hand-pulled noodle) at the "China Night" cultural activities in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on Nov. 22, 2019.(Photo by Asad/Xinhua)
People visit a Chinese traditional culture exhibition at the "China Night" cultural activities in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on Nov. 22, 2019. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua)
People visit a photo show on the Chinese enterprises at the "China Night" cultural activities in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on Nov. 22, 2019. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua)
Photo taken on Nov. 22, 2019 shows a made-in-China Tesla Model 3 at a Tesla experience center in east China's Shanghai. Tesla officially unveiled its Model 3 electric vehicle manufactured in a Shanghai gigafactory on Friday in Shanghai, and announced it will start delivering the made-in-China cars before late January. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)
Photo taken on Nov. 22, 2019 shows the interior of a made-in-China Tesla Model 3 at a Tesla experience center in east China's Shanghai. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)
Photo taken on Nov. 22, 2019 shows a made-in-China Tesla Model 3 with its Logo in Chinese at a Tesla experience center in east China's Shanghai. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)
An activity is held to mark World Children's Day 2019 at a square in Bao'an District of Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 20, 2019. Activities were held across China on the occasion of World Children's Day 2019, which fell on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)
Children of an orphanage attend an activity to mark World Children's Day 2019 in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, Nov. 20, 2019. (Xinhua/Luo Yuan)
Children show greeting cards made to mark the World Hello Day which falls on Nov. 21 annually at a primary school in Hanshan District of Handan, north China's Hebei Province, Nov. 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhu Xudong)
Children show greeting cards made to mark the World Hello Day which falls on Nov. 21 annually at a primary school in Hanshan District of Handan, north China's Hebei Province, Nov. 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhu Xudong)
Children say hello to each other during an activity to mark the World Hello Day which falls on Nov. 21 annually at a primary school in Hanshan District of Handan, north China's Hebei Province, Nov. 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhu Xudong)
