This file photograph, taken on Feb. 26, 2025, shows an artisan keeping the painted heads of dolls for drying at a toy ...

Ma Dafei, born in 1974, is another Yunhe business owner who returned from studying abroad to join the wooden toy industry. "Wooden toys have a deep connection with me. My parents were among the ...

In the heart of Karnataka, artisans in Channapatna continue a centuries-old legacy of handcrafted wooden toys, using natural ...

Students try to create wooden toys at a study tour base in Yunhe, a county in Zhejiang province, in 2023. [Photo provided to China Daily] In Yunhe, a mountainous county in Zhejiang province ...

The whirr of machines and smell of carved wood hangs in the air of the Indian toy workshop, a centuries-old art form still in ...

Abdur Rob is a popular name in Rajbari's Indranarayanpur village, especially among children who eagerly anticipate the arrival of his wooden toys. At 42, Rob has carved a niche for himself as a ...