Zhang Hao, a villager in Shanxi province, spends three years to make a delicate guqin, a seven-stringed Chinese musical instrument, going through more than 200 complicated procedures. [Photo by Wu Liuhong/chinadaily.com.cn]

Zhang Hao tries the guqin he made in his workshop at Xiaoyao village in Shanxi province. [Photo by Wu Liuhong/chinadaily.com.cn]