Nestled in the primeval forests of Hanzhong, Shaanxi province, grows a remarkable vine known for its unmatched flexibility, exceptional length, and a smooth, lustrous surface with superb elasticity.

Deng Feifei displays one of her rattan-woven works. [Photo provided to China Daily] In the rattan-weaving museum in Huangguan town, Shaanxi province, Deng Feifei runs her fingers along the curves of a ...

The art of rattan weaving has gone long past its heyday in Singapore. Rattan is used for a variety of purposes, more notably in the making of furniture, handicraft, and as building materials or ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. In a small factory in Thurmaston, near Leicester, strands of rattan cane are woven through cages of bent sticks and ...

Traditional weaving has been preserved and passed down through the generations of Thai people in Ngoc Chien Commune, Muong La District, of the northwestern province of Son La. To preserve traditional ...