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Hemp fiber anchors 'bedside economy' in Ningxia

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: August 02, 2022

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Zhang Jing, a fourth-generation inheritor of the Ningxia regional intangible cultural heritage of hemp-weaving, started her workshop in 2017 to train residents. [Photo by Su Yong/For chinadaily.com.cn]

In Yueyahu township of Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, lovely handicrafts woven with hemp fiber are favored by tourists.

Often in shapes of local animal species, such as Tan sheep, the products have been generating income for residents since 2017.

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