The sole of a qian ceng di (shoes with a thousand layers) is made of 30 layers of cloth. [Photo/IC] Qiang Shuping was so busy making cloth shoes for clients who ordered them that she didn't even rest ...

Lai Shufang (left), inheritor of the city-level intangible cultural heritage of cloth shoemaking in Tangchang township, Chengdu, Sichuan province, talks to a worker about it.[Photo/Xinhua] CHENGDU－In ...