“Post-90s” inheritor of rhombic straw plaiting handicrafts in SW China’s Yunnan
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Yang Jie sorts out straws at her studio in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Jan. 25, 2025. The art of rhombic straw plaiting is a traditional handicraft with a long history. It was included in the third batch of Yunnan’s provincial intangible cultural heritage list in 2013. Artisans sort and dye straws, and weave them into triangular shapes. Finally, they are strung together by thread to create various designs symbolizing good fortune.
Yang Jie, a “post-90s” artisan from Kunming of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, has been dedicated to this craft since her graduation. The period before the Spring Festival is her busiest time, during which she will receive invitations from fairs across the country and will also make festive-themed works based on client requests. (Photo by Peng Yikai/Xinhua)
Yang Jie makes a rhombic straw plaited work at her studio in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Jan. 25, 2025. The art of rhombic straw plaiting is a traditional handicraft with a long history. It was included in the third batch of Yunnan’s provincial intangible cultural heritage list in 2013. Artisans sort and dye straws, and weave them into triangular shapes. Finally, they are strung together by thread to create various designs symbolizing good fortune.
Yang Jie, a “post-90s” artisan from Kunming of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, has been dedicated to this craft since her graduation. The period before the Spring Festival is her busiest time, during which she will receive invitations from fairs across the country and will also make festive-themed works based on client requests. (Photo by Peng Yikai/Xinhua)
Yang Jie sorts out straws at her studio in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Jan. 25, 2025. The art of rhombic straw plaiting is a traditional handicraft with a long history. It was included in the third batch of Yunnan’s provincial intangible cultural heritage list in 2013. Artisans sort and dye straws, and weave them into triangular shapes. Finally, they are strung together by thread to create various designs symbolizing good fortune.
Yang Jie, a “post-90s” artisan from Kunming of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, has been dedicated to this craft since her graduation. The period before the Spring Festival is her busiest time, during which she will receive invitations from fairs across the country and will also make festive-themed works based on client requests. (Photo by Peng Yikai/Xinhua)
Yang Jie sorts out straws at her studio in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Jan. 25, 2025. The art of rhombic straw plaiting is a traditional handicraft with a long history. It was included in the third batch of Yunnan’s provincial intangible cultural heritage list in 2013. Artisans sort and dye straws, and weave them into triangular shapes. Finally, they are strung together by thread to create various designs symbolizing good fortune.
Yang Jie, a “post-90s” artisan from Kunming of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, has been dedicated to this craft since her graduation. The period before the Spring Festival is her busiest time, during which she will receive invitations from fairs across the country and will also make festive-themed works based on client requests. (Photo by Peng Yikai/Xinhua)
Yang Jie makes a rhombic straw plaited work at her studio in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Jan. 25, 2025. The art of rhombic straw plaiting is a traditional handicraft with a long history. It was included in the third batch of Yunnan’s provincial intangible cultural heritage list in 2013. Artisans sort and dye straws, and weave them into triangular shapes. Finally, they are strung together by thread to create various designs symbolizing good fortune.
Yang Jie, a “post-90s” artisan from Kunming of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, has been dedicated to this craft since her graduation. The period before the Spring Festival is her busiest time, during which she will receive invitations from fairs across the country and will also make festive-themed works based on client requests. (Photo by Peng Yikai/Xinhua)
Yang Jie dispalys a cat-shaped rhombic straw plaited work at her studio in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Jan. 25, 2025. The art of rhombic straw plaiting is a traditional handicraft with a long history. It was included in the third batch of Yunnan’s provincial intangible cultural heritage list in 2013. Artisans sort and dye straws, and weave them into triangular shapes. Finally, they are strung together by thread to create various designs symbolizing good fortune.
Yang Jie, a “post-90s” artisan from Kunming of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, has been dedicated to this craft since her graduation. The period before the Spring Festival is her busiest time, during which she will receive invitations from fairs across the country and will also make festive-themed works based on client requests. (Photo by Peng Yikai/Xinhua)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
