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A handcrafted model ship is displayed at a workshop in Shengfeng village, May 11, 2023. [Photo by Zhang Wenfang/for chinadaily.com.cn]

There is also an exhibition hall themed around water chestnuts for you to visit by the lake and creative products made of its shell for you to take back home.

A 69-year-old villager Zhang Jinquan boasts over 50 years of experiences of carving wooden cake mould. A large variety of cake moulds of difference sizes and patters are displayed in his workshop and he has kept making more.

In another workshop, shipbuilding is the focus. The craftsmen can build real-size wooden ships typically used in the southern Chinese water town, and also the palm-size handicrafts.