Editor's note: As a national-level intangible cultural heritage, the Beijing silk figurine is emblematic of a special traditional folk handcraft that dates back around 1,000 years ago. Most Beijing silk figurines are images relating to folk stories or heroines of historical tales.

Tang Yan, founder of Tangrenfang, a Tongzhou-based craft workshop, has succeeded in using modern materials and technology to foster skills that have carried the tradition forward. The figurines are called "juanren" in Chinese, a reference to the high-quality natural silk or cotton cloth used to make the head, face, and hands as well as the cloth and yarn used for their bodies and costumes.

A series of vivid Beijing silk figurines made by Tangrenfang, a handcraft workshop founded in 2004 by Tang Yan in Zhangjiawan town, in Beijing's eastern Tongzhou district. [Photo/VCG]

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