Weaving Bamboo Dreams
On the eve of heading to Beijing for this year’s National People’s Congress (NPC), Yang Changqin, an NPC deputy born in 1990, together with her staff was racing against the clock to fill their first 2022 order.
An inheritor of the intangible Chishui bamboo weaving cultural heritage, Yang managed to combine tradition with rural revitalization, making it possible for this ancient handicraft to leave the mountains of Guizhou Province and venture into the world. At her weaving base, thousands of local villagers can increase their household incomes by working from home.
Before the COVID-19
