Modern touch updates old sachet tradition

For centuries, sachets have been worn and exchanged as tokens of hope, happiness, and prosperity in northwestern China's Gansu province. Today, innovative designs are injecting new life into the handicraft, which dates back more than 2,000 years.

The sachets produced in the city of Qingyang are handmade silk pouches stuffed with Chinese herbal medicine, and embroidered with colorful patterns ranging from vegetables to the 12 Chinese zodiac animals.

The craft was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2006, but it has gradually lost its appeal to the young in recent years, worrying the city's sachet makers.