In the China Pavilion at the sixth China International Import Expo in Shanghai, a piece of bamboo art resembling a Taihu Lake Stone was the center of attention. Qian Lihuai's bamboo weaving ...

Artisan Shibata Megumi is on a mission to preserve Torigoe bamboo weaving, an ancient handicraft tradition from her native Iwate Prefecture that faces the dual dilemma of withering stands of source ...

In the watery villages along the southern part of the Yangtze River, bamboo is a major part of people's daily life. Before Wuzhen, a village in East China's Zhejiang Province, became famous for ...

Editor's Note: To mark the 40th anniversary of the beginning of China's reform and opening-up, China Daily is featuring a series of stories on grassroots newsmakers. This is the first in the series.

Men and women, young and old, in Kampong Chhnang province’s Cheung Kreav commune are supplementing their farming incomes to support their families while maintaining their identity by weaving ...

Yang Changqin is a post-90s craftswoman who is skilled in bamboo weaving; the youngest deputy of the Guizhou delegation to the 13th National People's Congress; the inheritor of the provincial ...

Zhang Yongjie shows woven bamboo hairpins in Dayuan Village of Chenwu Township, Luoning County, central China's Henan Province, Dec. 18, 2019. Zhang Yongjie, a 71-year-old farmer, began to learn ...

The long-standing craft of bamboo weaving is part of the daily life of people living in Maoba township, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture, Hunan province.[Photo provided to China Daily] A ...

"Bamboo weaving lacks documented records, the skills have always been passed down orally. I spent a considerable period interviewing seasoned artisans and meticulously compiling records of weaving ...