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Hanfu: Craftsmanship behind the beautiful trend
Updated: Sep 6, 2019
By Bi Nan
chinadaily.com.cn
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Traditional cotton-weaving technique
Since cotton arrived in China from India in the seventh century, China's textile industry has focused on spinning cotton instead of bast fiber, a woody fiber mainly derived from plants. The traditional cotton-weaving technique, listed as national intangible cultural heritage in 2008, can be seen in the material used to make hanfu.
