Yangjiawan village is on the outskirts of the city |
Along the road is a old dried well |
Village sign |
The village has a total of 176 people, only 40% are
women |
Onsite 1 |
Onsite 2 |
Onsite3 |
Village mayor - Hui Qiaosheng |
Gao Guilian is 72 years old. She only began paper-cutting
at 60 |
Ma Cuilan is 62, she began in 1995 |
Her son who works left to work in the city calls home |
22 year old Ma Cuilan is happy to have married into
this village |
She says she learned to make paper-cuttings and embroider
before her marriage |
She and her husband are still childless after 6 years |
She says paper-cutting is like having a rowdy household |
"What are you thinking when you make paper-cuttings?" |
"I'm thinking that I want to have children" |
Almost all the women can embroider shoe soles |
These were made for the new "pointy toed"
dress shoes that are so popular |
The women know what "love you" means, but
not why there is a 2002 |
40 year old Du Caiyun likes pop songs, so she learned
"I don't want to say goodbye" |
Village Folk Singer - Hu Qinge |
All the women of the village |
