In the “Friends of Photographers” room featuring paper-cuts, clothworks and Shanxi's noodles, the 88-year-old granny Fan Lanying, sifting cross-legged on a kang, was leisurely working on her piece with her septuagenarian daughter Guo Lan'e. On the eastern edge of the kang was a small table. Not far from it, Li Xiuying and her daughter-in-law Yang Xiufang were seated, busy paper-cutting. They are all artisans with a three-generation pedigree. At several food stands, quite a few people were sitting around tables, sampling Shanxi's noodles.