SILK CITY WUJIANG PROMOTED QIPAO TOWN IN BEIJING

BEIJING, China, Aug 8 (Bernama) -- 

China Wujiang Qipao Town promotion conference and press conference of International Architecture Design Competition sponsored by Wujiang District Government and organized by Wujiang Taihu Lake New City Administrative Committee and Wujiang East Taihu Lake Eco-tourism Resort Administrative Committee was held successfully in Beijing on August 3. With the theme of carrying forward the traditional culture and inheriting the craftsmanship, this conference has sent invitations to outstanding architects home and abroad for the designing of the core buildings in the Qipao Town in the purpose of selecting excellent designs combining Qipao elements with contemporary architectural features. Qipao Town is located in the center of the downtown area of Wujiang, which has produced many famous silk craft masters, including Fei Dasheng, "Mother of Silk", Qian Xiaoping, inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage of the Song brocade and Zhu Hongsheng, "Walking Dictionary of Shanghai School of Qipao". Silk textile production has become the leading industry in Wujiang with the production capacity of hundreds of billions Yuan. Its silk products exports account for 1/6 of the national total. http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=27291