Storytellers in sand and stone Artists turn minerals, bark and husks into textured landscapes shaped by touch, Yang Feiyue reports in Zhangjiajie, Hunan. By Yang Feiyue | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2026-03-14 09:50

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202603/14/WS69b4bf01a310d6866eb3dcd4.html In the hushed halls of the Junsheng Sandstone Paintings Creative Space, the walls do not shimmer with oil paint or float in washes of ink. Touch the vividly colored works that line the white walls of the studio in Zhangjiajie, Central China's Hunan province, and your fingertip meets not smooth pigment but a coarse, warm, intricately layered texture.