
Guan Huifang works with her family across three generations to make "Year of the Horse" fabric dolls in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu Province, on January 14, 2026. The blue calico printing and dyeing technique is a national-level intangible cultural heritage of China, and such dolls have become a cultural medium through which local people pass on blessings linked to intangible heritage. Photo: VCG