Kala village in Guizhou province has a 400-year history for birdcage weaving and is considered China's Birdcage Center.
The villagers there, mostly ethnic Miao and Dong people, have excellent birdcage-weaving skills. Roughly 125 of all the 151 households in the village work in the weaving business, with a yearly output of 100,000 birdcages.
Birdcages from Kala village are renowned at home and abroad and are sold all over the world.
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A Kala villager weaves a birdcage. |
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A Kala villager weaves a birdcage. |
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A Kala villager weaves a birdcage. |
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A Kala villager weaves a birdcage. |
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