Ethnic Handicrafts

The Oroqen’s traditional way of living is “eating meat and sleeping on the fell”. During the long life of hunting, the Oroqen people showed their originality and created the...

A Cradle Is like a Light Canoe Slightly your elm-made cradle shaking, Serenely you sleep, and for you the sun smiles; Gently your willow-made cradle shaking, Serenely you sleep,...

Kirgiz nationality is one of the most ancient nationalities. Kirgiz people migrated around Yinisai River, Yili valley and Pamirs. The distinguished environment and nomadic economy chained them with camels....

In each spring and summer, all the Uygur women in Xinjiang like wearing a kind of dress that is made of Adlis silk. The patterns of silk are black-and-white,...

Besides styles, the clothing and decorations of the Tu nationality also have another great character: the embroidery technology is widely applied. Not only the collar, cuff, belt, instep, vamp...

The skin raft was called as “leather boat” in ancient times. It is the traditional water transportation tool of the Sala, Hui, Dongxiang, Bao’an, Tu and other nationalities, and...

“The quality of the rolling felt blanket depends on the last procedure” The handicraft types of Dongxiang nationality are complete and with long history, among them, the rolling felt...

The iron forging industry is a kind of major traditional handicraft production of Bao’an nationality, and occupies a quite important position in the whole economic life of Bao’an nationality....

Dong girls love wearing silver ornaments, and think that the more they wear, the more beautiful and nobler. The weight of the ornaments a girl wears ranges from several...

Before the founding of the PRC, the dress of Dulong people was very simple. They were wrapped, both men and women, in Dulong blankets, which is woven with flax,...