I followed the blue signs through a maze of courtyards until I saw bolts of blue nankeen cloth drying in the yard. Originally produced in Jiāngsū, Zhèjiāng and Guìzhōu provinces, this blue-and-white cotton fabric (sometimes called blue calico) is similar to batik, and is coloured using a starch-resist method and indigo dye bath. This museum and shop displays and sells items made by hand, from the cloth right down to the buttons. #china #shanghai #bluenankeen #changlelu #chinesecraft #clothesgallery #chinesehandprinted (at Shanghai, China)