Mehraz Karami (L) paints on an ornament designed by his girlfriend Chen Xiaoqiong (R) at his workshop in Shanbei Village in Daixi Town of Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, on Jan. 7, 2019. Iranian Mehraz Karami, who was born in Tehran in 1993, has shown his interest in Chinese culture ever since his childhood. He came to Daixi Town and set up his own painting workshop at the end of 2017 after graduation from east China's Shanghai. He said he hoped to stay in China and become an artist. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)