Clay, thread, lacquer and stone — crafts that still have workshops.
China holds more elements on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage lists than any other country — forty-five at last public count — from sericulture and silk to paper-cutting and traditional architecture. This site is a short map of the crafts a reader meets first: Jingdezhen porcelain, the Four Embroideries, carved lacquer, jade, cloisonné (Jingtailan), and scissors on red paper. It is a primer. It does not sell antiques and it is not a UK tableware catalogue.