Farmer's peach tree tables and chairs selling for 20,000 yuan

Zhang Weiren grows peach trees into the shapes of tables and chairs at a farm in Jimo district, East Shandong's Qingdao city, March 3, 2019. [Photo/Qilu Evening News]

After 10 years of fastidious work, Zhang Weiren, a fruit grower in Laixi of Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, has been able to grow peach trees into the shapes of tables and chairs. The price of one of his peach branch chairs has now reached more than 20,000 yuan ($2,987).

In a farm in Jimo district of Qingdao, Zhang, 65, says that he plans to grow the tables and chairs at a ratio of four to one: four chairs to each table.

Zhang said that he started planting peach trees 15 years ago. He used to be a carpenter and often made wooden furniture, so, when planting peach trees, he liked to collect the roots of various materials and use them for making ornaments, tables, chairs, figures, flowers, birds, and other root carvings.

As the raw materials became scarce however, Zhang had another idea, asking, "Can I plant tables and chairs myself?" Although his family were initially skeptical, Zhang persisted.