Tapestry of tradition

New series inspired by ancient silk-weaving technique makes online debut, Xu Fan reports.

In July last year, director Guo Hao paid a visit to Suzhou Museum in East China's Jiangsu province. It was an irritably hot summer afternoon, but he soon felt cool and tranquil after stumbling upon an elderly craftswoman.

As one of the museum's cultural activities, the woman was sitting in front of a big loom, demonstrating the traditional craft called kesi, a type of Chinese silk tapestry weaving technique.

Through a perfect coordination of hand and foot movements, a piece of silk work－featuring birds perching upon a twig in a garden－was shaped from a large number of threads.