Sichuan: Food, Pandas, Mountains and Spirituality

Sichuan, literal meaning “four river plains” is one of the largest and most populous and important provinces in China. Sichuan is famous for its Pandas…

Luo Yan 罗雁

inkston.com founder Yan is from Chengdu area of Sichuan. After the 2008 Sichuan earthquake Yan worked as a volunteer on the disaster relief effort. The…

Silk

Chinese silk has a legendary history of thousands of years. In the Sichuan area silk production is believed to be invented or started by Cancong,…

Cancong

Cancong is described as having bulging eyes and colourful clothes: he developed early silk industry and became known as Qingyishen 青衣神 cyan-cloth-god. The name Can…