Episode 22: Guardians of Hangzhou Embroidery

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Wang Huang and Wang Pengwei

Hangzhou Embroidery, an intangible cultural heritage item in Zhejiang province, is a traditional handicraft that is "passed on to sons, but not daughters", a strictly obeyed rule of the profession. Nowadays, the nearly 70 year old Zhao Yijun is the only male inheritor of the handicraft in the city of Hangzhou.