A garden of cultural heritage
The famed Yuyuan hosts a month-long festival featuring diverse traditional Chinese crafts, immersing visitors in a multitude of activities, Wang Xin reports.
The environmentally friendly craft is now also widely used to make brooches, ornaments, frames, window designs, and mall decorations, which has greatly improved Daoming's local economy and the residents' livelihoods.
The rising popularity of Chinese intangible cultural heritage also extends beyond the nation. Xiao shares that, as the inheritor of the craft, she and her works have traveled to many other countries, such as France and Saudi Arabia, sharing Chinese traditional craftsmanship and culture with a wider audience.
"We are extremely proud to share Daoming bamboo-weaving with others. Our studio receives about 10,000 visits per year, including students from primary schools to universities, as well as seniors. We will continue innovating and hope more people will join us," says Xiao.
In addition to the delicate bamboo-woven installation, other intangible cultural heritages from China are attracting global visitors in diverse forms.
