点草成金,巧手编织致富梦

返乡创业的周艳文通过一双巧手编织创业梦想,让更多人了解草编,并喜欢上了这一有着悠久历史的民间手工艺。她说之所以甘当“草民”,不仅是为了传承和守护传统工艺,也因为草编艺术不仅改变了自己的命运,更成为她带领姐妹们走上脱贫致富道路的有效途径。

Turning Straw Into'Gold'

Do you believe plain-looking straw can be woven into fine works of art?Zhou Yanwen,President of Yushu(a city in Northeast China's Jilin Province)Women's Straw-weaving Craft Cooperative,during the past few years has put a lot of effort into both promoting the time-honored,strawweaving craft and helping local rural women attain wealth by creating straw-woven products.