LAKE CITY — With a tool box containing dog-tooth combs, seam rippers and an assortment of other gadgets, Beth Robbins Keller can make artistic wonders out of straw. She’s a folk artist who started ...

A lecture about Xuhang straw weaving, an intangible cultural heritage originating from Xuhang town, Shanghai's Jiading district, was held at the Shanghai Mass Art Center recently, attracting more than ...

At a primary school in Beijing, students gathered around an elderly craftsman named Zhang Bangshou, eyes wide with curiosity and hands eager to try. In the middle of the crowd, Zhang had just finished ...

MINSK, 2 December (BelTA) - The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO approved the inclusion of the Belarusian nomination file "Straw weaving ...

What's the first thing that pops into your mind when you think of wheat straw? Most people would probably just see it as a pile of waste in a farmer's field. However, Wu Cui, an intangible cultural ...

MINSK, 12 February (BelTA) – Belarusian straw weaving techniques will get the status of historical and cultural heritage of Belarus. The appropriate decision was taken at the session of the Belarusian ...

The Belarusian practice of straw weaving emphasizes the spiritual value and symbolism of both material and product. Staw is woven to produce a variety of objects such as boxes and baskets, headgear, ...

Sun E'hua,59,weaves straw into a plate at the cooperative in Qiaonan, Shaanxi province. [Photo by Xin Wen/chinadaily.com.cn] In a two-story house inside rows of neatly arranged apartment buildings in ...