When Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon showcased a stunning bamboo forest fight scene in 2000, the world was dazzled by the mastery of Chinese bamboo culture. But this plant, which embodies the ...
In the watery villages along the southern part of the Yangtze River, bamboo is a major part of people's daily life. Before Wuzhen, a village in East China's Zhejiang Province, became famous for ...
In the China Pavilion at the sixth China International Import Expo in Shanghai, a piece of bamboo art resembling a Taihu Lake Stone was the center of attention. Qian Lihuai's bamboo weaving ...
Lai Shihu makes a bamboo basket at his workshop.[Photo/Xinhua] Mountainous areas in southern Jiangxi province have a long history in bamboo weaving. Lai Shihu, born in Huanglong town, Dayu county, ...
Artisan Shibata Megumi is on a mission to preserve Torigoe bamboo weaving, an ancient handicraft tradition from her native Iwate Prefecture that faces the dual dilemma of withering stands of source ...