KUNMING, March 15 (Xinhua) -- In a small village in southwest China's Yunnan Province, a crystal-clear stream has for generations been more than just a source of water -- it is the lifeblood of an ...

Artisans have been making and using paper for about 2,000 years. It is a substrate for some and a centerpiece for others.

Mangtuan, a multi-ethnic village predominantly inhabited by the Dai people and located in the Gengma Dai and Va autonomous ...

But industrialized paper mills have brought this craft to the brink of extinction. So how is this centuries-old craft still standing? More from Still Standing One sheet of traditional Vietnamese ...

improved and developed the craft, faithfully reproducing the 72 processes of ancient papermaking. Jiajiang bamboo paper, made from fresh bamboo, is produced using traditional handcrafted ...

People have been learning about Roman hairdressing, early medieval weaving and doctoring, papermaking and hooden horse ...