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1 month ago

Women writers bond over words

By Yang Yang | China Daily | Updated: 2024-11-23 13:44 Book lovers in a group photo with the four Asian women writers in Beijing last month, after attending their dialogue, organized by the Beijing October Arts and Literature Publishing House. One of the most popular literary activities last month was a dialogue between four Asian women writers — Gong Ji-yeong …

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1 month ago

Lisa Taouma on Myths and Maidens, 'a love letter to women of the Moana'

ABC

Depictions of the light-skinned, submissive maiden in the Pacific Islands are nothing new, but a new generation of women is pushing back on the colonial stereotype. A new documentary called Myths and Maidens explores depictions of the "dusky maiden" — an exoticised image that sells a stereotyped fantasy to the Western world. It's an image that is "almost white, but …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Inking indelible history with time-honored brand

China Daily

Children watch Chinese calligraphy at a cultural event in Cangzhou, Hebei province, on Sept 16. "The gift box is simple and elegant, making it more suitable for modern life," says Yang Yujia, an officer with Yuxun. "Yidege has been committed to both preserving tradition and driving innovation, enhancing our product lines and focusing on developing student stationery products," says Bai …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Women's voices spill out of Hidden Letters

China Daily

Hu forms a close bond with 84-year-old nyushu inheritor, He Yanxin. CHINA DAILY Film distribution platform Elemeet organized themed prerelease screenings to target specific audiences, including women-only screenings and screenings with intangible cultural heritage experiences. At the Beijing premiere, audience members could choose a sticker with nyushu characters, each of them conveying a positive message, such as freedom, independence, contentment …

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Women's voices spill out of Hidden Letters

China Daily

Hu forms a close bond with 84-year-old nyushu inheritor, He Yanxin. CHINA DAILY Film distribution platform Elemeet organized themed prerelease screenings to target specific audiences, including women-only screenings and screenings with intangible cultural heritage experiences. At the Beijing premiere, audience members could choose a sticker with nyushu characters, each of them conveying a positive message, such as freedom, independence, contentment …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

A centuries-old secret script is empowering young women in China

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Now, young people like Chen are spreading nüshu beyond …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Ding Lanying: Helping Yi women embroider bright future

China Daily

"In the future, I will inherit the embroidering skills, and I will help more women embroiderers get jobs and/or start their businesses. We will use our fingertips to create happy, prosperous lives," says Ding Lanying, a delegate to the 13th National Women's Congress of China. Ding was born into an ethnic Yi family in Hongtupo, a town in Nanhua, a …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Ding Lanying: Helping Yi women embroider bright future

China Daily

"In the future, I will inherit the embroidering skills, and I will help more women embroiderers get jobs and/or start their businesses. We will use our fingertips to create happy, prosperous lives," says Ding Lanying, a delegate to the 13th National Women's Congress of China. Ding was born into an ethnic Yi family in Hongtupo, a town in Nanhua, a …

Women Ding Yi Embroidery Nanhua

2 years, 1 month ago

Nushu: The secret language only women know

BBC

Nushu: The secret language only women know Hidden Letters Nushu – a 400-year-old script invented to allow women to communicate with each other without men understanding – has taken on new significance today. In BBC Culture's Secret Languages series, a filmmaker describes discovering Nushu, and what it means to modern women. A woman in the new documentary feature Hidden Letters …

Women Hidden Letters Nushu

2 years, 2 months ago

Yi ethnic group invigorates traditional embroidery

China Daily

With ancestral embroidery skills, Yi people needle nature designs onto their costumes, such as flowers, butterflies, birds, tigers and cats, as well as the sun, moon and stars. After graduating in 2007, Fan returned to her hometown to establish the Yunnan Naxi Cultural Creative Development Co., Ltd. and registered the brand "Nasu," leading more than 300 embroiderers to participate in …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Yi ethnic group invigorates traditional embroidery

China Daily

With ancestral embroidery skills, Yi people needle nature designs onto their costumes, such as flowers, butterflies, birds, tigers and cats, as well as the sun, moon and stars. After graduating in 2007, Fan returned to her hometown to establish the Yunnan Naxi Cultural Creative Development Co., Ltd. and registered the brand "Nasu," leading more than 300 embroiderers to participate in …

Embroidery Costumes Yunnan Million Yuan Ding Yi Embroidery

2 years, 7 months ago

New chapter for women's writing

China Daily

The contributors of the new anthology attend the book launch of An Anthology of Short Stories by Chinese Women in 2021 at SKP Rendez-Vous, a bookstore in Beijing, earlier this month. "She sent me a photo of the book, An Anthology of Short Stories by Chinese Women in 2020, which she took at a nail salon, and said: 'Professor, your …

Women Chinese Zhang Short Stories Chinese Women

2 years, 7 months ago

New chapter for women's writing

China Daily

The contributors of the new anthology attend the book launch of An Anthology of Short Stories by Chinese Women in 2021 at SKP Rendez-Vous, a bookstore in Beijing, earlier this month. "She sent me a photo of the book, An Anthology of Short Stories by Chinese Women in 2020, which she took at a nail salon, and said: 'Professor, your …

Women Chinese Zhang Short Stories Chinese Women

3 years ago

Exciting chapter for women's writing

China Daily

From left: Xu Xiaobin, Nicolas Chapuis and Lidia Jorge, participants of the ongoing 6th EU-China International Literary Festival, speak at the opening ceremony online. With the theme "Through women's eyes－reading between the lines", the 6th EU-China International Literary Festival was launched on Saturday. "We dedicate this year's literary festival to the diversity and creativity of women writers across the EU …

China Women Write

3 years, 4 months ago

An aura of mystery

China Daily

Author and researcher Meng Hui has spent years studying the lifestyles of ancient Chinese women. In today's stereotypical mindset, Parisian women fascinate people around the world with their je ne sais quoi quality, a mixed sense of style, self-confidence and insouciance. In the recently published book Meiren Tu, author and researcher Meng Hui elaborates on the lifestyle of ancient Chinese …

Chinese

3 years, 4 months ago

An aura of mystery

China Daily

Author and researcher Meng Hui has spent years studying the lifestyles of ancient Chinese women. In today's stereotypical mindset, Parisian women fascinate people around the world with their je ne sais quoi quality, a mixed sense of style, self-confidence and insouciance. In the recently published book Meiren Tu, author and researcher Meng Hui elaborates on the lifestyle of ancient Chinese …

Chinese

3 years, 5 months ago

Writer sheds light on lives of urban women

China Daily

Writer Ji Xiaoyi, whose pen name is Liao Jing, has just published a new novel that delves into the feelings of young city dwellers. Whenever a young, female author releases a modern metropolitan fiction, it is often categorized as a work of "feminine literature" and readers will nearly always speculate on whether or not the plot is derived from the …

Life Work Young Female Yang Author Writer

3 years, 8 months ago

Embroidery expert teaches women in Xinjiang

China Daily

Five women from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region have been learning fine embroidery skills in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, and will share their skills with others when they go back to their hometowns. Five women from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region have been learning fine embroidery skills in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, since late March. All from Xinjiang's Xinyuan county, the five …

Skills Xinjiang Yangzhou Teaches Women

4 years, 2 months ago

Nüshu: China’s secret female-only language

BBC

Nüshu: China’s secret female-only language CPA Mediat Pte Ltd/Alamy Nüshu is a women's-only script that was passed down from mothers to their daughters in feudal-society China Throughout history, women in rural Hunan Province used a coded script to express their most intimate thoughts to one another. Meaning “women’s script” in Chinese, Nüshu rose to prominence in the 19th Century in …

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