Editor's Note: To mark the 40th anniversary of the beginning of China's reform and opening-up, China Daily is featuring a series of stories on grassroots newsmakers. This is the first in the series.

When Japan opened up to the world in the middle of the 19th century, Western merchant ships were quick to return home with exotic art from the once reclusive nation. The private galleries and ...

Fang Shuyun crosses the Xin'an River on a bamboo pole. WENG XINYANG/XINHUA On the wide, misty Xin'an River surrounded by lush green mountains, Fang Shuyun balances in the water on a bamboo pole.

Bamboo is the culinary delight of pandas . . . and the shoots are palate-pleasers for humans. Bamboo can be sliced and molded so we can plank our floors with it, or make fabrics ready to wear . . . or ...

Bamboo is one of the most potent symbols in Chinese culture, representing longevity, durability and flexibility and it has long been associated with moral integrity. Thus, the art of carving bamboo ...

Bamboo is emerging as an ideal material for fashioning objects of art and home decoration. Nearly 230 different types of bamboo are found growing in the Western Ghats and South Indian States. This ...

One of the objects that catches your eye in “Japanese Bamboo Art: The Abbey Collection,” which just opened at the Metropolitan Museum, is not what you might have expected to see at a show of Japanese ...

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Lui Ming has worked with bamboo since his early teens. Now aged 93, he still uses the natural material and his focus today is on handcrafting steamers used in Cantonese cuisine. As to how many of the ...

Set foot in Qingshan, a village nestled amid lush green mountains, and visitors are greeted by its artistic vibe. About 25 miles to the northwest of downtown Hangzhou city and in the Yuhang district ...

The publisher will formally release the puzzle set in November 2023. The bamboo craft edition will have some similarities to Gunpla model kits. The set will contain 2mm (0.08in)-thick bamboo runners ...