Jilin family preserves ancient knotting art

Furthermore, Xu has integrated jewelry, jade, precious metals, wood carvings and other handcrafted items into the ropes, transforming the form of knots from flat to three-dimensional, designing them uniquely into exquisite handicrafts.

In terms of color combinations, Xu has gone beyond the bright red and yellow colors of traditional Chinese knots, conducting color tone comparisons among thousands of colors to design color schemes suitable for different age groups, presenting this ancient art of Chinese knotting in a completely new light.

Since Xu founded her own brand Rope Search For in 2009, she has taken it upon herself to inherit the art of knotting and promote knotting culture.

She actively pursues creative inheritance and innovative development, driving the protection and inheritance of the intangible cultural heritage of knotting in Jilin.

"The inheritance and development of intangible cultural heritage rely on systematic protection in terms of learning, teaching, application, production and research," said Xu. "And the key lies in the people."

Therefore, while building her own business, she took on apprentices to pass on her skills and conducted public welfare training courses.

So far, she has conducted nearly 200 knotting art training sessions in primary and secondary schools, universities and communities.

She has taken on over 700 apprentices at home and abroad, helping more than 100 apprentices of them establish their own stores or studios in over 50 cities nationwide.