Jiangnan's lost artisans

An art school attempts to revive appreciation of the folk crafts that once thrived on the banks of the Yangtze. Wang Kaihao reports in Hangzhou.

The geographic area of Jiangnan, which is to the south of Yangtze River, figures in many Chinese novels and history books.

The Hangzhou-based China Academy of Art, which is a government school in the provincial capital of Zhejiang, is now offering more on the area's lifestyle by way of a folk crafts museum on its premises. The museum that combines old Jiangnan aesthetics with modern design was opened in September.