Aijima, Wuren's daughter, explains sunflower handcrafts to visitors. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]

Under the guidance of the government's employment agency, Wuren offers training courses for rural households on how to make sunflowers to earn a living. 

“I provide raw materials, they make semi-finished products at home, and I take them back and process them, paying by the piece,” Wuren said.

“In this way, they can have income at home, and can also take care of their family and the cattle and sheep," she added.

In 2015, Wuren founded Sunflower Sisters Culture Development Co Ltd based on the previous workshop. Women working for her company have a stable income, ranging from 2,000 yuan ($300.08) to 5,000 yuan per month. 

In 2019, the company had helped 12 poverty-stricken households, and the per capita monthly income of each household reached 1,500 yuan that year.

In 2016, Wuren was approved as the representative inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage project at the autonomous region level. 

Shouldering the responsibility of inheriting the Ewenki's intangible cultural heritage, she has trained a total of seven other inheritors in a five-year period.

Aijima, Wuren's daughter, also joined the sunflower business after graduating from university six years ago. 

Sunflower decorations from Wuren’s workshop [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]