Inspired by traditional oil-paper umbrellas, Taiwanese architect Cheng-Tsung FENG created a park pavilion made of wood, iron ...

If you've ever been to a tiki bar or gone on a beach vacation, you're probably very familiar with the tiny paper umbrellas that are stuck in tropical cocktails. But did you know that they are hiding a ...

For an object we carry, curse, and replace with alarming regularity, the umbrella has barely evolved. Too small, too flimsy, ...

Liu Weixue, 26, a post-1990s man with a major in design, is the grandson of Liu Youquan, inheritor of the traditional method of making Yuhang paper umbrellas.[Photo/CFP] In January, an outdoor paper ...

Kaohsiung-based umbrella-making workshop Lee Umbrellas has caused a stir with its colorful and traditional methods of painting paper umbrellas Lee Umbrellas is renowned for its decorative designs and ...

Is a tropical, fruity beverage really complete without a colorful cocktail umbrella sticking out of it? The paper umbrellas are a true staple of any tiki bar but little do most vacationers know, these ...

A craftswoman pastes umbrella surface at Umbrella Making Center in Bor Sang Village in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Nov. 1, 2020. Bor Sang village, about nine km east of the Old City of Chiang Mai, is famous ...

A craftsman works on an oil-paper umbrella in Xingyang Village of Tengchong, southwest China's Yunnan Province, on Nov. 17, 2020. Xingyang Village has a history of making oil-paper umbrellas for more ...

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HEFEI, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Wearing a bright colored oil-cloth apron, 50-year-old Zheng Guoming is carefully brushing tung oil on an umbrella cover. Around him are orange oil-cloth umbrellas drying, ...

Kaohsiung-based umbrella-making workshop Lee Umbrellas has caused a stir with its colorful and traditional methods of painting paper umbrellas Lee Umbrellas is renowned for its decorative designs and ...