Bamboo weaving (编织) is a time-honored skill of weaving long and thin pieces of bamboo into various items by hand,     1     has been passed down from generation to generation.

Fu Yelin, a 58-year-old resident of Maoba Township and a skilled craftsman (手艺人),     2     (be) inseparable from bamboo weaving since he was 12. “Back then, I     3       (use) to get cut during bamboo weaving,” he says. It requires     4       (patient) to complete the work. After decades of practicing, Fu has equipped himself with the skill. Fu     5       (eventual) opened a store in 2003 in Yongshun’s Furong Town, a place famous for its typical customs and natural scenery, to observe the aesthetic (审美的) trends in     6       (people) consumption of daily items.

“I want to conduct exchanges with bamboo weavers of different styles     7    (widen) my vision and further train my skills, ” he says, adding that he is confident about his own     8    (create) ideas, and wants to expand the influence of bamboo weaving. Fu would like to teach more people to carry on     9     the craft. For Fu, bamboo weaving is not just a lifelong practice,     10     a reminder of who he is and where he was born.