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Cultural confidence represents a fundamental and profound force that sustains the development of a country and a nation.
——Excerpt from the third volume of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China

文化自信是一个国家、一个民族发展中更基本、更深沉、更持久的力量。
——摘自《习近平谈治国理政》第三卷理政》第四卷

Guangnan Zhuang women earn more
Zhuang women earn more

thanks to emb
roidery
thanks to embroidery
广南 “指尖” “绣”
出美好生活
技艺
“指尖”技艺“绣”出美好生活

Text by Huang Peng □ 黄鹏 / 文

“Her intangible cultural heritage work- “Now we can take care of our children
shop has been open for many years. It while earning money. For each piece of em-
offers beautifully embroidered clothes. In- broidery we complete, Zhang pays us 100
soles, and so on. She takes embroidery pat- to 120 yuan. By embroidering at home, we
terns from everyday life. Many embroiders can earn about 2,000 to 3,000 yuan (US$
learn embroidery skills and receive embroi- 280-420), which is enough to support our
dery orders from her,” a local villager told family,” an embroider named Wang Yuxing
our reporters. The embroider she praised said happily.
so highly is Zhang Fengxian, an intangible With the advent of “new media”, Zhang
cultural heritage inheritor famous for her has developed a series of embroidery works
embroidery products. to cater to the taste of young consumers.
Zhang lives in Zhetai Township, Guang- She also promotes the Zhuang embroidery
nan County, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao skills and culture on the social media plat-
Autonomous Prefecture in the southeast of form Douyin (Tiktok). So far, she has accu-
Yunnan Province. She was recognized as a she has trained a large number of embroiders that I’ve obtained a better understanding of mulated nearly 8,000 Douyin followers.
provincial inheritor of Zhuang embroidery through training programs. the profound Zhuang embroidery culture,” “The Zhuang embroidery is one of our
skills more than a decade ago. Over the past “I was writing my master’s thesis, which said Lu Hongfan, a post-graduate student at intangible cultural heritages, but now not
years, she has been doing a great job passing was on Zhuang embroidery, when I happened Yunnan University. many people know this old handicraft.
on Zhuang embroidery skills. She has even to see some of Ms. Zhang’s embroidery To enable other women in her home- As an inheritor of Zhuang embroidery
travelled to Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan and works on the Internet. She uses a variety of town to increase their incomes and support skills, Zhang has introduced the exquisite
a dozen other places to promote the Zhuang embroidery skills, making her works very el- their families without leaving their homes, Zhuang embroidery to a large number of
embroidery culture and products. Moreover, egant. When I visited her at her home to learn Zhang set up an embroidery workshop. She people. With so many embroiders learning
the embroidery skills, she asked for no money invited other local women to work for the from Zhang, the Zhuang embroidery will
and patiently explained the origin and essen- workshop as embroiders. Currently, she is hopefully be passed on from generation to
tials of these embroidery skills. It is from her employing nearly 100 embroiderers, and generation,” said Liu Qigao, director of the
the workshop brings in more than 200,000 Cultural, Tourism and Broadcasting Center
yuan (US$ 28,000) a year. of Zhetai Township. (yunnan.cn)