Young content creator Ru Yisong on Chinese online video site Bilibili has captured the hearts of netizens for his vivid pen drawings of Nanjing.

A native of North China’s Hebei Province, Ru said he has visited Nanjing for many times and becomes really interested in the city.

He has rented a room in Nanjing and plans to finish drawing of the city’s most landmarks in three months, such as the stone archway in Jiming Temple and the dinosaur fossil collected at the Nanjing Museum of Paleontology. The topics he chose are often scenes of life in the streets and alleys, because in his view these places can truly show the vibrancy and dynamics of a city.

Ru said he wants to show Nanjing from a fresh and outsider’s perspective. He hopes Nanjingers can also realize the beauty they tend to ignore from his drawings.

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