Women have been the keepers of Miao culture over a long history. Their embroidery style, inspired by nature and passed down from generation to generation, doubled as chronicles for the minority group, who don't have a written language.

In Jia'nao Village, home to an ethnic Miao community in Hainan Province, villagers often catch sight of a stocky woman riding on her electric bike in traditional attire. That's when the 47-year-old sets out to do business with people in other villages, carrying a cloth bag full of colorful embroidery products of her own creation.