totem tote bag

As the only ethnic minority brocade among China’s Four Great Traditional Brocades, this Zhuang brocade handbag perfectly blends the craftsmanship of a national intangible cultural heritage with modern aesthetics. Every inch of its patterns embodies the life wisdom and beautiful wishes of the Zhuang people.

Crafted with undyed cotton yarn as the warp and colorful velvet threads as the weft, it is woven by hand using the ancient interlocking weft and warp technique under the guidance of inheritors of the intangible cultural heritage. Even skilled weavers can only produce one meter of fabric in three days, and for intricate patterns, the output is a mere ten centimeters per day. This truly embodies the value of the saying “an inch of brocade is worth an inch of gold”.