Li tidied up the shadow puppet box, and the cowhide figures rustled softly as they were stacked together. She said that shadow puppetry is like a movie that has spanned a thousand years. "It shouldn't disappear into silence."
To truly understand Xinjiang's cotton, we need to delve deeper than just the cotton itself. It's about the journey of cultivation and the dreams it embodies. It's about the everyday lives of the farmers and the full spectrum of human emotions intertwined with it.
In the early morning, the rolling mountains of Gongnaisi Town stood layered and majestic, with towering pines stretching like an green barrier to the horizon. Sunlight pierced through the morning fog, casting a delicate golden shimmer on the pine needles.
Tekes County, located in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is adopting an "all-day" tourism model that extends cultural and travel experiences from 8:30 a.m. until late at night, providing visitors with over 12 hours of immersive exploration.
Through this craft of instrument-making, our lives will keep getting better, just like the beautiful sound of the dutar.