Traditional Chinese wooden toys with mechanical linkage are seen in Tancheng County, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 15, 2012. Listed in the provincial intangible cultural heritage , such wooden toys originated from hundreds of years ago drew ideas from Chinese myth, folk tales, historical stories and so on.

Seventy-five-year-old Fan Ansheng makes a traditional Chinese wooden toy with mechanical linkage in Tancheng County, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 15, 2012. Listed in the provincial intangible cultural heritage , such wooden toys originated from hundreds of years ago drew ideas from Chinese myth, folk tales, historical stories and so on.

A man makes a traditional Chinese falchion in Tancheng County, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 15, 2012. Listed in the provincial intangible cultural heritage , such wooden toys originated from hundreds of years ago drew ideas from Chinese myth, folk tales, historical stories and so on.

Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Chunlei