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TRADITIONAL CULTURE

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

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

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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TRADITIONAL CULTURE

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

FOOD

Stir Crazy

Why is China going crazy for the Zhangqiu iron wok?