200418 -- CHENGDU, April 18, 2020 -- Lai Shufang shows the sole of a shoe in Zhanqi Village of Tangchang Township in Chengdu, southwest China s Sichuan Province, April 17, 2020. Lai Shufang, 62, has been engaged in handmade Tangchang shoes production for over 40 years. In Tangchang Township, Lai s family is the only one left still making Tangchang cloth shoes, which feature 32 procedures before its completion. Like many craftsmen, Lai was once worried that the handicraft would fade out and there would be no inheritors. However, the handicraft ushered in its opportunity to thrive when it was li

200418 -- CHENGDU, April 18, 2020 -- Lai Shufang shows the sole of a shoe in Zhanqi Village of Tangchang Township in Chengdu, southwest China s Sichuan Province, April 17, 2020. Lai Shufang, 62, has been engaged in handmade Tangchang shoes production for over 40 years. In Tangchang Township, Lai s family is the only one left still making Tangchang cloth shoes, which feature 32 procedures before its completion. Like many craftsmen, Lai was once worried that the handicraft would fade out and there would be no inheritors. However, the handicraft ushered in its opportunity to thrive when it was li Stock Photo

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200418 -- CHENGDU, April 18, 2020 -- Lai Shufang shows the sole of a shoe in Zhanqi Village of Tangchang Township in Chengdu, southwest China s Sichuan Province, April 17, 2020. Lai Shufang, 62, has been engaged in handmade Tangchang shoes production for over 40 years. In Tangchang Township, Lai s family is the only one left still making Tangchang cloth shoes, which feature 32 procedures before its completion. Like many craftsmen, Lai was once worried that the handicraft would fade out and there would be no inheritors. However, the handicraft ushered in its opportunity to thrive when it was listed as provincial cultural heritage in Sichuan. In 2015, Ai Peng, Lai Shufang s son, resigned and came back to hometown to inherit the handicraft. After starting an online shop, Ai Peng increased high-end handmade shoes production, and hand PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN

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