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Pic story of inheritor of bead weaving skills in China's Henan
By Xinhua Published: Sep 17, 2024 07:48 AM
Chu Mengdan checks bead weaving handicrafts at an intangible cultural heritage experience hall in Luoyang City, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 12, 2024. Chu Mengdan is the fourth generation inheritor of bead weaving skills, an intangible cultural heritage project in Chanhe District of Luoyang. The art of stitching and joining beads as small as rice grains to form unique patterns or shapes is called bead weaving, which is used in clothing and jewelry. (Photo: Xinhua)

Chu Mengdan checks bead weaving handicrafts at an intangible cultural heritage experience hall in Luoyang City, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 12, 2024. Chu Mengdan is the fourth generation inheritor of bead weaving skills, an intangible cultural heritage project in Chanhe District of Luoyang. The art of stitching and joining beads as small as rice grains to form unique patterns or shapes is called bead weaving, which is used in clothing and jewelry. (Photo: Xinhua)


 
Chu Mengdan makes bead weaving handicrafts at an intangible cultural heritage experience hall in Luoyang City, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 12, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)

Chu Mengdan makes bead weaving handicrafts at an intangible cultural heritage experience hall in Luoyang City, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 12, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)


 
Chu Mengdan makes bead weaving handicrafts at an intangible cultural heritage experience hall in Luoyang City, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 12, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)

Chu Mengdan makes bead weaving handicrafts at an intangible cultural heritage experience hall in Luoyang City, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 12, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)


 
Chu Mengdan selects threads for color matching at an intangible cultural heritage experience hall in Luoyang City, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 12, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)

Chu Mengdan selects threads for color matching at an intangible cultural heritage experience hall in Luoyang City, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 12, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)


 
Chu Mengdan (R) teaches her apprentice bead weaving skills at an intangible cultural heritage experience hall in Luoyang City, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 12, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)

Chu Mengdan (R) teaches her apprentice bead weaving skills at an intangible cultural heritage experience hall in Luoyang City, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 12, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua)