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China's 300-Year-Old Beaded Lanterns Pair Qing Craft With a Cyberpunk Glow

Traditional Chinese beaded lanterns, known as zhu deng, have glowed for roughly three centuries and were named intangible cultural heritage in 2009. Artisans still thread glass, jade and precious stones onto bamboo and twine frames, though the painstaking craft is slowly fading.