Patience,concentration and kindheartedness are virtues promoted and practiced by the Lans,a big family living in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.Each of the four siblings has established his/her own sma...
Red Yao women in Jinping County, a mountainous area of Southwest China's Yunnan Province, boast lively minds and clever hands, Wearing silver hoops and red pointed hats on their heads and their traditional costumes -...
Since the magnitude 8 earthquake razed large areas of Southwest China's Sichuan Province in May 2008, the governments of the province's Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefectures and Beichuan Qiang Autonomous Coun...
For centuries in the Qiang area, the people could be seen everywhere in their ethnic Qiang costumes. The beautiful patterns on their clothes were embroidered by hand. Qiang embroidery is a form of folk art that dates ...
Using human hair to display beautiful patterns is an art form that dates back to more than a thousand years ago.The ancient Chinese used young women s hair to create exquisite embroidery works.Today,this art form has ...
Chang Yuxiang's knee length white summer dress blows in the mountain wind and her gold stiletto shoes shimmer in the sunshine. Three years ago, this stylish modern lady had a well-paid career in the city, but gave up ...
Jiangsu Menglan Group Company, which specializes in the production ofbedding articles and garments, has been listed among the nation's top 10brands in home textiles after 30 years of strenuous endeavor. Qian is thelea...
Miao women begin studying embroidery when they are seven or eight years old. A Miao woman secretly prepares embroidered clothing for her first child-years be-fore she marries. The clothes remain a secret until her chi...