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How China’s Dancing Lions Get Their Heads
Peek inside the workshop of a Chinese artisan, who is trying to keep alive the centuries-old craft of making “heads” for traditional lion dance
Dense Brocade: The Story of Hunan’s All-Female Embroiderers
A practitioner of a traditional, formerly all-female art of Xiang embroidery recounts her rigorous training and extraordinary life
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Keeping Alive the Ancient Craft of Natural Dyeing
A workshop in the mountains of Sichuan continues an ancient and influential Chinese art of herb-based dyeing