Hu Chunfang (center), Li brocade craftswoman, who lives in Jiamao town in Hainan province's Baoting Li and Miao autonomous county, discusses style with other craftswomen. [Photo/Xinhua] Wearing a ...

Long ago a widow wove brocades famous for their beauty. The woman supported her three sons by selling these brocades, but one day in the market a picture caught her eye — a painting of a white house ...

Xilankapu, which means "knitted floral bedclothes" in the Tujia dialect, is a kind of traditional brocade woven by ethnic Tujia people. Xilankapu records the Tujias' lifestyle and traditions, and it ...

Shu brocade is a 2,000-year-old art form that faces challenges, although its practitioners are trying to adapt to the times. He Bin, 46, is among the few master Shu brocade weavers in Sichuan province ...

Banarsi saris are khaandani. I remember my otherwise indulgent grandmother admonishing me for the first time when I slipped and tore her red-and-silver banarsi, a relic of her wedding days from the ...

HAIKOU — Wearing a traditional Li ethnic group costume, a woman sits on the ground and weaves colorful yarn into delicate brocade, as spindles gently shuttle back and forth on the loom. These scenes ...