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Healing moments in Pu'er, Yunnan: Seeking the cultural heritage of Va Brocade

Updated: 2026-01-30 | China Bound

Russian content creator Aleksandra Antonenko visits Youfeng Coffee Valley in Pu’er, Yunnan province, where the mountains are filled with the fragrance of tea and coffee. There, she encounters a national-level intangible cultural heritage: The Va brocade.

She follows Li Xianlan, a representative inheritor of the Va brocade, as she stitching her own little Va-style lucky pouch, one stitch at a time.