Eternal blossoms made with silk and wire
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Eternal blossoms made with silk and wire

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By Lin Qi | China Daily | Updated: 2024-03-19 06:02 When Zhao Shuxian started working at an art and craft factory in Nanjing in Jiangsu province in 1973, the then 19-year-old was given the job of mastering the time-honored craft of making "velvet" flowers from silk. His colorful silk flowers are popular with young women who have turned them into a new urban trend and share pictures on social networks. Velvet flowers made by Zhao Shuxian and his team embody a long-standing handicraft tradition in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. In Nanjing, the commercial area near Sanshan Street and Changle Road used to be known as the "flower market", and was a hub of boutiques making and selling velvet flowers.

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