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Embroidery fills women s pockets, lives in Inner Mongolia Xinhua | Updated: 2021-05-24 13:51 In its National Human Rights Action Plan (2016-2020), China has vowed to strengthen supports for cultural development in ethnic-minority areas, and implement training programs to develop traditional craftsmanship.[Photo/Xinhua]
Basking in the morning sun in a seat against the window, Liu Menglan is doing magic on clothes, stitching life-like flowers with the dexterity of her hands.
For Liu and some other women from North China s Inner Mongolian autonomous region, the spacious embroidery studio has upended their lives - in a good way. I never imagined a life like this. My family earned almost 60,000 yuan (around $9,331) last year, Liu said in contentment. She is now capable of making as much as 40,000 yuan a year from embroidery products.
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By Lin Xiaoyi in Inner Mongolia Published: May 19, 2021 08:23 PM
The scenery of Horqin grassland Photo: Courtesy of Bai Guozhan In the past, when the wind blew in the spring, we were bound to be hit by sandstorms. As long as you went out, the crazy sand would try to get into your mouth and nose. Several massive sandstorms that recently passed through northern China have brought back heart-wrenching memories for Baijilin Baiila, a forest ranger on the Horqin grassland in North China s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, which also suddenly made him realize that in his hometown, the last spring like this year happened long ago.
CHINA / SOCIETY
By Lin Xiaoyi in Hinggan League Published: May 14, 2021 01:45 AM
Women from different ethnicities in Tuquan county learn papercutting art. Photo: Li Fuli
On the Inner Mongolia grasslands, ethnic Mongolian women are more confident and living in better conditions while their own cultural characteristics are vigorously promoted.
Nearly 30,000 women in Hinggan League, North China s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, have gathered to learn and pass on Inner Mongolia s intangible cultural heritage like embroidery and paper cutting art, embracing a more colorful life.
Combined with rural revitalization and quality education for farmers and herdsmen, local authorities have actively engaged in the development of traditional Mongolian handicraft skills, exploring ways for local ethnic minority women to work from home in low season and make a profit with their special technique.