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GOING2CHINA · HERITAGE CRAFTS

Crafted by Hand

Patterns on the loom, drums in the hall, chants on the cliff — six places, six ways labour was kept as craft.

土家传统木织机、红木织梭与西兰卡普彩色织锦静物
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Six Places · Six Crafts

Heritage Crafts

土家织锦的手工纹样
Western Hubei · Tujia Brocade

Xilankapu Brocade

Enshi

A quilt cover woven face-down on the loom

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来凤舍米湖土家摆手堂前百人同跳摆手舞
You River · Baishou Hall

Tujia Baishou Dance

Laifeng

Same hand, same foot — dozens walking one circle

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利川正月灯班手持鱼灯龙船灯走街串巷唱灯歌
Upper Qingjiang · Home of the Dragon Boat Tune

Lichuan Lantern Songs

Lichuan

The call and answer that carried the Dragon Boat Tune out

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长阳清江峡谷山巅高腔对唱山歌实景
Middle Qingjiang · High-pitched Singing

Changyang Mountain Songs

Changyang

Words sung across a valley

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秭归峡江屈原祠前端午龙舟竞渡盛景
Xiling Gorge Mouth · Duanwu

Zigui Dragon Boat Customs

Zigui

A festival kept three times a year

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长江三峡险滩绝壁上纤夫拉纤与川江号子
Qutang to Wu Gorge · Trackers

River Boat Chants

The Gorges

The sound that pulled a whole crew into one rhythm

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Weaving rooms, chant stages and festival grounds — fitted into your schedule.See all six crafts →