Wu Shuisen, a leading craft worker of Wan'an compass, shows a tortoise-shaped compass in Wan'an Town of Xiuning County, east China's Anhui Province, July 3, 2008. The Wan'an compass craft has a history of about 600 years, dating back to the late Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) or early Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in Wan'an, a small town in Anhui Province, and came to its height of popularity in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). In 2006, the Wan'an compass craft was put on China's state-level intangible cultural heritage list. (Xinhua Photo)
Wu Shuisen, a leading craft worker of Wan'an compass, shows a compass in Wan'an Town of Xiuning County, east China's Anhui Province, July 3, 2008. The Wan'an compass craft has a history of about 600 years, dating back to the late Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) or early Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in Wan'an, a small town in Anhui Province, and came to its height of popularity in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). In 2006, the Wan'an compass craft was put on China's state-level intangible cultural heritage list. (Xinhua Photo)
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