Source: CCTV.com
06-10-2007 15:00
Special Report: Cultural Heritage Day
This is "Lang-De-Shang-Zhai", a small ethnic Miao village tucked in the wrinkles of mountain in Southwestern China's Guizhou Province.
At seventy-six years old, Wu Nawang sometimes finds herself battling her blurring vision to thread a needle. So instead, she braids several threads into one, for use by her daughter-in-law.
But it's no mean feat. The job requires a dexterity that could only be attained by decades of training.
And the old lady must have be reminded, from time to time, of her own hard-working youth by the sight of her daughter-in-law, at one with her embroidery.