Discover the history of peach pit carving, from its ancient Chinese roots to 19th-century American pioneers and the famous ...

A Chinese man has spent 50 years creating tiny works of art using peach stones. Hu Yinsong from Tongxiang, eastern China, has been carving the stones since his teens, reported People's Daily Online.

In 1968 Roger Smith ate a peach during a break from work. When he was finished he took out a pocketknife and began carving the peach pit into a tiny pig. 43 years later the retired meter reader and ...