Seaside Treasure Seeker in SE China's Fujian Province

JINJIANG, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Cai Jingxiang, a career advertisement designer, returned five years ago to his hometown at Tangdong Village, Jinjing Township of Jinjiang City, southeast China's Fujian Province. He found inspiration from the sea drifts washed ashore near his village, many of them in unique shapes.

One day after another, Cai searched through the beach and brought home drifts with artistic potential, and turned them into pieces of artwork and domestic decorations.

Cai converted an old house passed down in his family into an exhibition hall where he displays and illustrates his artistic creations from what used to be garbage in the sea. In this way, he wishes to call people's attention to environmental protection.

Cai Jingxiang moves a tree root collected from the beach at his exhibition hall of sea drifts in Jinjiang City, southeast China's Fujian Province, on April 19, 2021. (Xinhua/ Song Weiwei)

Cai Jingxiang displays seashells he collected from the beach at his exhibition hall of sea drifts in Jinjiang City, southeast China's Fujian Province, on April 19, 2021. (Xinhua/ Song Weiwei)

Cai Jingxiang transplants a succulent plant into a seashell collected from the beach at his exhibition hall of sea drifts in Jinjiang City, southeast China's Fujian Province, on April 19, 2021. (Xinhua/ Song Weiwei)

Visitors take pictures of Cai Jingxiang's artwork with sea drifts at his exhibition hall of sea drifts in Jinjiang City, southeast China's Fujian Province, on April 20, 2021. (Xinhua/ Song Weiwei)

Cai Jingxiang makes artwork with sea drifts such as boat debris, seashells, and broken corallum at his exhibition hall of sea drifts in Jinjiang City, southeast China's Fujian Province, on April 19, 2021. (Xinhua/ Song Weiwei)