Feature: Tibetan artisan weaves fortune, hope on plateau in China
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Feature: Tibetan artisan weaves fortune, hope on plateau in China-
Women work at Kunga Chogyi's workshop in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu, northwest China's Qinghai Province, July 26, 2026. (Xinhua)
XINING, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Instead of carrying perfume or cosmetics, 36-year-old Tibetan Kunga Chogyi always tucks a bundle of yak-hair cord in her handbag whenever she travels away from home.
On a flight to Beijing for a trade fair earlier this year, Kunga Chogyi was inspired by the sunlight piercing through the clouds and wove two colorful bracelets using this cord. She sold both to the flight attendants onboard for 166 yuan (about 25 U.S. dollars) each.