A Touch of Craftsmanship: The Jade Zither's Legacy

[Winner of the Sixth Realist Fiction Writing Contest] Yi Yao’s mother, Ling Suhua, is a traditional craftswoman skilled in making Chinese traditional clothing. She has always hoped Yi Yao would inherit her craft, but Yi Yao is focused solely on running her short-video account and refuses to let her life be dictated by others.

After dropping out and rebelling in the wake of her parents’ divorce, Qin Mo rejects her mother’s “well-intentioned” arrangements and chooses to learn bamboo weaving from her father. She is determined to help him and other traditional artisans find customers for their work.

After getting scammed while launching a short-video studio called A Touch of Color, the two join forces and open Yaoqin Studio. These two artisans’ daughters begin promoting craftsmanship in their own way…

A story about the next generation rising to the challenge: a top short-video strategist and a inheritor of traditional crafts, breaking through workplace barriers and pushing past the limits of their own lives.