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Cultural revival helps retain charm of rural China

STORY: Cultural revival helps retain charm of rural China SHOOTING TIME: April 20, 2024 DATELINE: May 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:52 LOCATION: WUYUAN/LIUZHOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Wuyuan County in Jiangxi Province 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CAO WENJUAN, Owner of an oil-paper umbrella shop in Wuyuan 3. various of Liuzhou City in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIU YUWEN, Deputy director of intangible cultural heritage research department, Liuzhou Mass Art Museum STORYLINE: As China endeavors to revitalize its rural areas, many forgotten cultural traditions, particularly in small counties and villages, are being revived, leading to a trend known as "county travel." Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province Known to many as "China's most beautiful countryside," Wuyuan saw a record 26.2 million visitors from across the nation last year. The making of the Jialu oil-paper umbrella is a national-level intangible cultural heritage that boasts a history of over 800 ye

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Xinhua Headlines: Cultural revival helps retain charm of rural China

(240521) -- BEIJING, May 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Cao Wenjuan displays a Jialu oil-paper umbrella at a local umbrella shop in Huangling Village of Wuyuan, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 16, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Xiaopeng)

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(230428) -- JINGDEZHEN, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cai Wenjuan (1st R) imparts blue-and-white porcelain painting techniques to her team members in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 19, 2023. Known as "porcelain capital," Jingdezhen in east China is famous for ceramic-making. The blue-and-white porcelain is a representative pattern of Chinese ceramics known to overseas art collectors. Born into a family of blue-and-white porcelain makers, Cai Wenjuan, a Jingdezhen native chose to carry on the family craft of porcelain painting. As a provincial inheritor of the blue-and-white porcelain making, Cai endeavors to pass on the craft by integrating the ancient charm of blue-and-white porcelain with modern aesthetics. Cai launched her own brand to promote new painting designs. "Ceramics embrace change. I'm here to inherit the tradition in an innovative way, and then create my own works," she said. (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)

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(230428) -- JINGDEZHEN, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cai Wenjuan (1st R) imparts blue-and-white porcelain painting techniques to her team members in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 19, 2023. Known as "porcelain capital," Jingdezhen in east China is famous for ceramic-making. The blue-and-white porcelain is a representative pattern of Chinese ceramics known to overseas art collectors. Born into a family of blue-and-white porcelain makers, Cai Wenjuan, a Jingdezhen native chose to carry on the family craft of porcelain painting. As a provincial inheritor of the blue-and-white porcelain making, Cai endeavors to pass on the craft by integrating the ancient charm of blue-and-white porcelain with modern aesthetics. Cai launched her own brand to promote new painting designs. "Ceramics embrace change. I'm here to inherit the tradition in an innovative way, and then create my own works," she said. (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)

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(230428) -- JINGDEZHEN, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cai Wenjuan poses for a photo in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 19, 2023. Known as "porcelain capital," Jingdezhen in east China is famous for ceramic-making. The blue-and-white porcelain is a representative pattern of Chinese ceramics known to overseas art collectors. Born into a family of blue-and-white porcelain makers, Cai Wenjuan, a Jingdezhen native chose to carry on the family craft of porcelain painting. As a provincial inheritor of the blue-and-white porcelain making, Cai endeavors to pass on the craft by integrating the ancient charm of blue-and-white porcelain with modern aesthetics. Cai launched her own brand to promote new painting designs. "Ceramics embrace change. I'm here to inherit the tradition in an innovative way, and then create my own works," she said. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

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(230428) -- JINGDEZHEN, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cai Wenjuan visits an exhibition featuring blue-and-white porcelains in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 19, 2023. Known as "porcelain capital," Jingdezhen in east China is famous for ceramic-making. The blue-and-white porcelain is a representative pattern of Chinese ceramics known to overseas art collectors. Born into a family of blue-and-white porcelain makers, Cai Wenjuan, a Jingdezhen native chose to carry on the family craft of porcelain painting. As a provincial inheritor of the blue-and-white porcelain making, Cai endeavors to pass on the craft by integrating the ancient charm of blue-and-white porcelain with modern aesthetics. Cai launched her own brand to promote new painting designs. "Ceramics embrace change. I'm here to inherit the tradition in an innovative way, and then create my own works," she said. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

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(230428) -- JINGDEZHEN, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cai Wenjuan displays a blue-and-white porcelain work in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 19, 2023. Known as "porcelain capital," Jingdezhen in east China is famous for ceramic-making. The blue-and-white porcelain is a representative pattern of Chinese ceramics known to overseas art collectors. Born into a family of blue-and-white porcelain makers, Cai Wenjuan, a Jingdezhen native chose to carry on the family craft of porcelain painting. As a provincial inheritor of the blue-and-white porcelain making, Cai endeavors to pass on the craft by integrating the ancient charm of blue-and-white porcelain with modern aesthetics. Cai launched her own brand to promote new painting designs. "Ceramics embrace change. I'm here to inherit the tradition in an innovative way, and then create my own works," she said. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

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(230428) -- JINGDEZHEN, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cai Wenjuan paints a porcelain piece at a blue-and-white porcelain production base in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 19, 2023. Known as "porcelain capital," Jingdezhen in east China is famous for ceramic-making. The blue-and-white porcelain is a representative pattern of Chinese ceramics known to overseas art collectors. Born into a family of blue-and-white porcelain makers, Cai Wenjuan, a Jingdezhen native chose to carry on the family craft of porcelain painting. As a provincial inheritor of the blue-and-white porcelain making, Cai endeavors to pass on the craft by integrating the ancient charm of blue-and-white porcelain with modern aesthetics. Cai launched her own brand to promote new painting designs. "Ceramics embrace change. I'm here to inherit the tradition in an innovative way, and then create my own works," she said. (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)

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CHINA-JIANGXI-JINGDEZHEN-PORCELAIN MAKING-INHERITOR (CN)

(230428) -- JINGDEZHEN, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cai Wenjuan visits an exhibition featuring blue-and-white porcelains in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 19, 2023. Known as "porcelain capital," Jingdezhen in east China is famous for ceramic-making. The blue-and-white porcelain is a representative pattern of Chinese ceramics known to overseas art collectors. Born into a family of blue-and-white porcelain makers, Cai Wenjuan, a Jingdezhen native chose to carry on the family craft of porcelain painting. As a provincial inheritor of the blue-and-white porcelain making, Cai endeavors to pass on the craft by integrating the ancient charm of blue-and-white porcelain with modern aesthetics. Cai launched her own brand to promote new painting designs. "Ceramics embrace change. I'm here to inherit the tradition in an innovative way, and then create my own works," she said. (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)

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(230428) -- JINGDEZHEN, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cai Wenjuan and her team member discuss porcelain painting patterns at a blue-and-white porcelain production base in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 19, 2023. Known as "porcelain capital," Jingdezhen in east China is famous for ceramic-making. The blue-and-white porcelain is a representative pattern of Chinese ceramics known to overseas art collectors. Born into a family of blue-and-white porcelain makers, Cai Wenjuan, a Jingdezhen native chose to carry on the family craft of porcelain painting. As a provincial inheritor of the blue-and-white porcelain making, Cai endeavors to pass on the craft by integrating the ancient charm of blue-and-white porcelain with modern aesthetics. Cai launched her own brand to promote new painting designs. "Ceramics embrace change. I'm here to inherit the tradition in an innovative way, and then create my own works," she said. (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)

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(230428) -- JINGDEZHEN, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cai Wenjuan poses for a photo in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 19, 2023. Known as "porcelain capital," Jingdezhen in east China is famous for ceramic-making. The blue-and-white porcelain is a representative pattern of Chinese ceramics known to overseas art collectors. Born into a family of blue-and-white porcelain makers, Cai Wenjuan, a Jingdezhen native chose to carry on the family craft of porcelain painting. As a provincial inheritor of the blue-and-white porcelain making, Cai endeavors to pass on the craft by integrating the ancient charm of blue-and-white porcelain with modern aesthetics. Cai launched her own brand to promote new painting designs. "Ceramics embrace change. I'm here to inherit the tradition in an innovative way, and then create my own works," she said. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

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(230428) -- JINGDEZHEN, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cai Wenjuan reads a book at a bookstore in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 19, 2023. Known as "porcelain capital," Jingdezhen in east China is famous for ceramic-making. The blue-and-white porcelain is a representative pattern of Chinese ceramics known to overseas art collectors. Born into a family of blue-and-white porcelain makers, Cai Wenjuan, a Jingdezhen native chose to carry on the family craft of porcelain painting. As a provincial inheritor of the blue-and-white porcelain making, Cai endeavors to pass on the craft by integrating the ancient charm of blue-and-white porcelain with modern aesthetics. Cai launched her own brand to promote new painting designs. "Ceramics embrace change. I'm here to inherit the tradition in an innovative way, and then create my own works," she said. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

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(230428) -- JINGDEZHEN, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cai Wenjuan displays a blue-and-white porcelain work in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 19, 2023. Known as "porcelain capital," Jingdezhen in east China is famous for ceramic-making. The blue-and-white porcelain is a representative pattern of Chinese ceramics known to overseas art collectors. Born into a family of blue-and-white porcelain makers, Cai Wenjuan, a Jingdezhen native chose to carry on the family craft of porcelain painting. As a provincial inheritor of the blue-and-white porcelain making, Cai endeavors to pass on the craft by integrating the ancient charm of blue-and-white porcelain with modern aesthetics. Cai launched her own brand to promote new painting designs. "Ceramics embrace change. I'm here to inherit the tradition in an innovative way, and then create my own works," she said. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

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(230428) -- JINGDEZHEN, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cai Wenjuan reads a book at a bookstore in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 19, 2023. Known as "porcelain capital," Jingdezhen in east China is famous for ceramic-making. The blue-and-white porcelain is a representative pattern of Chinese ceramics known to overseas art collectors. Born into a family of blue-and-white porcelain makers, Cai Wenjuan, a Jingdezhen native chose to carry on the family craft of porcelain painting. As a provincial inheritor of the blue-and-white porcelain making, Cai endeavors to pass on the craft by integrating the ancient charm of blue-and-white porcelain with modern aesthetics. Cai launched her own brand to promote new painting designs. "Ceramics embrace change. I'm here to inherit the tradition in an innovative way, and then create my own works," she said. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

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(230428) -- JINGDEZHEN, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cai Wenjuan poses for a photo at a blue-and-white porcelain production base in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 19, 2023. Known as "porcelain capital," Jingdezhen in east China is famous for ceramic-making. The blue-and-white porcelain is a representative pattern of Chinese ceramics known to overseas art collectors. Born into a family of blue-and-white porcelain makers, Cai Wenjuan, a Jingdezhen native chose to carry on the family craft of porcelain painting. As a provincial inheritor of the blue-and-white porcelain making, Cai endeavors to pass on the craft by integrating the ancient charm of blue-and-white porcelain with modern aesthetics. Cai launched her own brand to promote new painting designs. "Ceramics embrace change. I'm here to inherit the tradition in an innovative way, and then create my own works," she said. (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)

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(230428) -- JINGDEZHEN, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cai Wenjuan poses for a photo in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 19, 2023. Known as "porcelain capital," Jingdezhen in east China is famous for ceramic-making. The blue-and-white porcelain is a representative pattern of Chinese ceramics known to overseas art collectors. Born into a family of blue-and-white porcelain makers, Cai Wenjuan, a Jingdezhen native chose to carry on the family craft of porcelain painting. As a provincial inheritor of the blue-and-white porcelain making, Cai endeavors to pass on the craft by integrating the ancient charm of blue-and-white porcelain with modern aesthetics. Cai launched her own brand to promote new painting designs. "Ceramics embrace change. I'm here to inherit the tradition in an innovative way, and then create my own works," she said. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

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(230428) -- JINGDEZHEN, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cai Wenjuan (1st R) imparts blue-and-white porcelain painting techniques to her team members in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 19, 2023. Known as "porcelain capital," Jingdezhen in east China is famous for ceramic-making. The blue-and-white porcelain is a representative pattern of Chinese ceramics known to overseas art collectors. Born into a family of blue-and-white porcelain makers, Cai Wenjuan, a Jingdezhen native chose to carry on the family craft of porcelain painting. As a provincial inheritor of the blue-and-white porcelain making, Cai endeavors to pass on the craft by integrating the ancient charm of blue-and-white porcelain with modern aesthetics. Cai launched her own brand to promote new painting designs. "Ceramics embrace change. I'm here to inherit the tradition in an innovative way, and then create my own works," she said. (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)

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(230428) -- JINGDEZHEN, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cai Wenjuan paints a porcelain piece at a blue-and-white porcelain production base in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 19, 2023. Known as "porcelain capital," Jingdezhen in east China is famous for ceramic-making. The blue-and-white porcelain is a representative pattern of Chinese ceramics known to overseas art collectors. Born into a family of blue-and-white porcelain makers, Cai Wenjuan, a Jingdezhen native chose to carry on the family craft of porcelain painting. As a provincial inheritor of the blue-and-white porcelain making, Cai endeavors to pass on the craft by integrating the ancient charm of blue-and-white porcelain with modern aesthetics. Cai launched her own brand to promote new painting designs. "Ceramics embrace change. I'm here to inherit the tradition in an innovative way, and then create my own works," she said. (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)

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(230428) -- JINGDEZHEN, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cai Wenjuan visits an exhibition featuring blue-and-white porcelains in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 19, 2023. Known as "porcelain capital," Jingdezhen in east China is famous for ceramic-making. The blue-and-white porcelain is a representative pattern of Chinese ceramics known to overseas art collectors. Born into a family of blue-and-white porcelain makers, Cai Wenjuan, a Jingdezhen native chose to carry on the family craft of porcelain painting. As a provincial inheritor of the blue-and-white porcelain making, Cai endeavors to pass on the craft by integrating the ancient charm of blue-and-white porcelain with modern aesthetics. Cai launched her own brand to promote new painting designs. "Ceramics embrace change. I'm here to inherit the tradition in an innovative way, and then create my own works," she said. (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)

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(230428) -- JINGDEZHEN, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cai Wenjuan and her team member discuss porcelain painting patterns at a blue-and-white porcelain production base in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 19, 2023. Known as "porcelain capital," Jingdezhen in east China is famous for ceramic-making. The blue-and-white porcelain is a representative pattern of Chinese ceramics known to overseas art collectors. Born into a family of blue-and-white porcelain makers, Cai Wenjuan, a Jingdezhen native chose to carry on the family craft of porcelain painting. As a provincial inheritor of the blue-and-white porcelain making, Cai endeavors to pass on the craft by integrating the ancient charm of blue-and-white porcelain with modern aesthetics. Cai launched her own brand to promote new painting designs. "Ceramics embrace change. I'm here to inherit the tradition in an innovative way, and then create my own works," she said. (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)

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(230428) -- JINGDEZHEN, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cai Wenjuan poses for a photo in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 19, 2023. Known as "porcelain capital," Jingdezhen in east China is famous for ceramic-making. The blue-and-white porcelain is a representative pattern of Chinese ceramics known to overseas art collectors. Born into a family of blue-and-white porcelain makers, Cai Wenjuan, a Jingdezhen native chose to carry on the family craft of porcelain painting. As a provincial inheritor of the blue-and-white porcelain making, Cai endeavors to pass on the craft by integrating the ancient charm of blue-and-white porcelain with modern aesthetics. Cai launched her own brand to promote new painting designs. "Ceramics embrace change. I'm here to inherit the tradition in an innovative way, and then create my own works," she said. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

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(230428) -- JINGDEZHEN, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cai Wenjuan (1st R) imparts blue-and-white porcelain painting techniques to her team members in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 19, 2023. Known as "porcelain capital," Jingdezhen in east China is famous for ceramic-making. The blue-and-white porcelain is a representative pattern of Chinese ceramics known to overseas art collectors. Born into a family of blue-and-white porcelain makers, Cai Wenjuan, a Jingdezhen native chose to carry on the family craft of porcelain painting. As a provincial inheritor of the blue-and-white porcelain making, Cai endeavors to pass on the craft by integrating the ancient charm of blue-and-white porcelain with modern aesthetics. Cai launched her own brand to promote new painting designs. "Ceramics embrace change. I'm here to inherit the tradition in an innovative way, and then create my own works," she said. (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)

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(230428) -- JINGDEZHEN, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cai Wenjuan works on a porcelain piece at a blue-and-white porcelain production base in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 19, 2023. Known as "porcelain capital," Jingdezhen in east China is famous for ceramic-making. The blue-and-white porcelain is a representative pattern of Chinese ceramics known to overseas art collectors. Born into a family of blue-and-white porcelain makers, Cai Wenjuan, a Jingdezhen native chose to carry on the family craft of porcelain painting. As a provincial inheritor of the blue-and-white porcelain making, Cai endeavors to pass on the craft by integrating the ancient charm of blue-and-white porcelain with modern aesthetics. Cai launched her own brand to promote new painting designs. "Ceramics embrace change. I'm here to inherit the tradition in an innovative way, and then create my own works," she said. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

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(230428) -- JINGDEZHEN, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cai Wenjuan visits an exhibition featuring blue-and-white porcelains in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 19, 2023. Known as "porcelain capital," Jingdezhen in east China is famous for ceramic-making. The blue-and-white porcelain is a representative pattern of Chinese ceramics known to overseas art collectors. Born into a family of blue-and-white porcelain makers, Cai Wenjuan, a Jingdezhen native chose to carry on the family craft of porcelain painting. As a provincial inheritor of the blue-and-white porcelain making, Cai endeavors to pass on the craft by integrating the ancient charm of blue-and-white porcelain with modern aesthetics. Cai launched her own brand to promote new painting designs. "Ceramics embrace change. I'm here to inherit the tradition in an innovative way, and then create my own works," she said. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)