Nushu

Nushu, a unique script used exclusively by women, drew immediate attention in China and abroad after Professor Gong of Wuhan University happened upon it in the 1980s. But the local custom of burning books when someone dies, combined with the lack of any dedicated institution to preserve Nushu, has left very few written records. As a natural inheritor of the tradition, Ni Shi throws herself wholeheartedly into efforts to rescue Nushu culture. From the Nushu school to “China’s Nushu Village” and eventually onto the world stage, she has been praised by many scholars as “a shining pearl.”