WALKING into Yuan Changjun’s studio in northwest Beijing’s Changping district, a large silver statue of a celestial maiden playing a reversed pipa, a four-stringed Chinese lute, in a flying motion catches visitors’ attention.
“The statue was inspired by the iconic Dunhuang murals in Gansu province.
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