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Rongchang xiabu—a Chinese traditional cultural heritage originating in the Han Dynasty in Rongchang, Chongqing—is getting more attention and market 【小题1】 (opportunity) worldwide owing to Ivan from India, and his Chinese wife Tang Yi.
With its comfortable textile and nickname “the king of natural fibres”, xiabu from Rongchang was once 【小题2】 (significant) popular. It became 【小题3】 favorite choice for royals and nobles during the Tang Dynasty and was one of the 【小题4】 (early) exported products from the area in the 20th century, 【小题5】 an annual output of around 700,000 bolts.
【小题6】 (bear) in India in 1989, Ivan has deep roots in China—his grandfather is a Chinese Indian and he has a quarter Chinese heritage. He 【小题7】 (work) as a service coach with an international airline in Qatar for six years. Chen reconnected with China in 2015 when he met Tang at a friend’s party. Tang, 32, was born into a family 【小题8】 has concentrated in the xiabu industry for three generations.
In recent years, the couple has been combining elements appealing to younger tastes into the ancient art that promoted hundreds of 【小题9】 (create)items made from their xiabu fabric, such as screens, decorative paintings, folding fans, notebooks, bedding 【小题10】 towels.