A Practice of Difference

Nüshu, translated from Chinese (Mandarin), means women’s script. Nüshu is believed to be created and practiced by the local women in Shangjiangxu Township, Jiangyong County, Hunan Province, China for some hundred years. A phonetic system of writing derived from the local dialect, nüshu writings have...

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