From silk fan painter to hanfu designer, artisan youth in China discover careers promoting traditional culture
Li Jingyi never imagined, when he began selling hand-painted paper fans from a street stall two years ago, that they would be so popular – or that he would become a full-time handicrafts maker as a result. “I painted the fans on the spot, attracting onlookers,” Li recalls of the stall in Dali, in China’s Yunnan province. Many visitors told...
Source: asiaone.com
