Secret script an act of female independence By CHEN MEILING in Beijing and FENG ZHIWEI in Changsha | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-04-26 09:42 Share CLOSE Hu Xin writes nvshu characters on a piece of fan-shaped paper. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Covert women s writing method in underdeveloped county in Hunan province kept men out of the loop for centuries
For hundreds of years, Chinese women fought for the right to be heard as their voices were often neglected or silenced in male-dominated societies.
In Jiangyong, a remote, less-developed county in Hunan province, nvshu, a Chinese syllabic script exclusively for the use of women, was invented hundreds of years ago.
Secret script an act of female independence
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