Photo Series: The Chinese Knots Village in Zhejiang

From 163.net:

At Huashui Town in Dongyang of Zhejiang Province, Yanxia is a village of 1,000 where almost everyone is good at hand-weaving Chinese knots ‰∏≠ÂõΩÁªì. About 400 families here can make 4 million Chinese knots a month, or 20% China’s total production.

Photo 1: Below is a common sight at the Yanxia village:


Photo 2: The Chinese knots are everywhere in the village:

Photo 3: Kids carrying a huge Chinese knot:

Photo 4: A villager hanging up Chinese knots to air dry them:

Photo 5: People working at a Chinese knots workshop:

– See more photos here.

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