Shi Taiheng creates a traditional Chinese ink painting at his home in Erqi Village of Qitai County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Nov. 28, 2023.In the village of Erqi, Shi had grown fruit for around four decades, expanding his 40,000-square-meter apple orchard to a 100-hectare plumleaf crab apple planting demonstration base before he retired 10 years ago.