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 ...

It was at the Agartala Central Jail that Krishna Das Pal learnt the craft of ‘fine bamboo weaving’. As a ‘jail police’, as local craftsmen refer to him, he fine-tuned the craft to such an extent that ...

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 ...

Yang Changqin teaches trainees the techniques of bamboo weaving at the training center in Chishui, Southwest China's Guizhou province, on Nov 12, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua] Yang Changqin, a young woman from ...

Zhang Yongjie shows woven bamboo hairpins in Dayuan Village of Chenwu Township, Luoning County, central China's Henan Province, Dec. 18, 2019. Zhang Yongjie, a 71-year-old farmer, began to learn ...

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 ...

Editor's Note: To mark the 40th anniversary of the beginning of China's reform and opening-up, China Daily is featuring a series of stories on grassroots newsmakers. This is the first in the series.

Bamboo craftswoman Ketut Dipet’s fingers are adeptly weaving different colored sheets of bamboo. Once in a while, she weaved without even looking at what she was doing. “I’ve been weaving bamboo since ...

Bamboo weaving craftswoman Yang Changqin (2nd L) instructs the villagers on bamboo weaving at the training center established by her in Minzu Village of Datong Township in Chishui, southwest China's ...

Zhang Yongjie shows woven bamboo wares in Dayuan Village of Chenwu Township, Luoning County, central China's Henan Province, Dec. 18, 2019. (Xinhua/Feng Dapeng) An old farmer makes himself a bamboo ...