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butthemostdeeplyemotional

l Introduction

Time is silent, and life is flowing. Standing at this end of time and

lookingbackonthepast, because of the shawl, two times pointsmeet,melts, and

stirseachotherat thismoment,which is thebeautyofmemoryand thepowerof

inheritance.

Some things have already occurred there, what is absent is your gaze, like spring

flowers,whetheryourealizethemornot,theywillbe infullbloom,andwhenyou

payattentiontothem,youwillbemovedbecauseoftheirbloom.

InthetraditionofInnerMongolia,theinheritanceandreuseofcashmeredon’tneed

to be speciallymentioned. It has beenwoven into the daily life of grassland. The

cashmerewhichiscarefullycombeddownfromthefamily-likegoats, issorareand

preciousthateveryherdsmanadmiresitintenselyandtakesgoodcareofit.

Acashmeresweatercanbepassedfrommothertodaughterthentogranddaughter,

fromgenerationtogeneration.

In circulation, as time go on, some wear and tear may be caused, but it doesn’t

matterbecausedexteroushandswillusenewyarn topatch the sweater. If it's too

worntowearoranewstyleiswanted,itcanbebrokenintoballsofyarn,andthey

can reweave it intoclothesorothercashmereproducts. If it can'tbe recycled into

yarn,theycanbreakitintorawmaterials,andit'stheoriginalstate;then,spunyarn

again to make a woven scarf or cloth. (The picture below shows the life cycle of

cashmere.)

“It is amaterial thatwon’t be abandoned.”Guo said. She calls herself a cashmere

preacher. The word "sermon" has shown her faith, piety, andmotivation. Her art

cashmerebrandSandriver is theonlyChinesebrandtoenterParis fashionweek in

2015,andthat'sjustthetipoftheiceberg.

"Till today, my mother-in-law is still doing the whole family's cashmere recycling.

Thosecashmereclotheswhichwerealittleoutoffashion,orwereindislikedcolor,

wornbymyhusbandandmewhenwewereyoung,wouldberecycledintoyarnby

her. Shewould knit hats and gloves formydaughter, andmaybe in two years,my

daughterwouldn'tlikethem,andshewouldtakethemoffandmakeglovesandsend

themtoothers.Once,shesentathickvesttohergranddaughterintheUnitedStates.

Itwaswoven fromthe recycledyarn.Mydaughter,whowas studyingabroad,was

alwayswearinghergrandmother'scashmerevestwhenshecamehome.Itisakind

ofgoodinheritance.Inmyfamily,cashmerewillneverbethrownaway."Guosaid.

In recent years, clothing fiber recycling has become a popular vocabulary for two

reasons.Thefirstreasonisthatconsumers’sustainableconsumptionconsciousness

has enhanced gradually. The second is that the shortage of fiber has forced the

fashionbrandtotakerecoverymeasures.However,longbeforetheconceptbecame

fashionable,InnerMongoliapeoplehadbeenusedtorecyclethecashmerefiber.The

knowledgeofcherishingcashmerehasbeenintheirblood,andeveniftheyhaveleft

theland,theyhaveneverforgottenit.

This frugal tradition is also incorporated into Sandriver by Guo. In the factory of

Sandriver, the yarn control is accurate to one meter. What can one-meter-long

cashmereyarndo? It canbemade intoadoll’shand,and then itwillbeheld ina

child'shandtoconveywarmth.

This isacashmerewastereuseplanofSandriver,usingvarioussurplusmaterials in

theproductionprocesstocrochetdifferentcashmeredolls,withoutwastinganyfine

cashmere."Ourfactorycanalmostreachzerowaste."Guosaysproudly.However,in

thetraditionaltailoringprocess,fifteentotwentypercentoffabricorfiberisusually

wasted.

Thisisrecyclingbeforeconsumption.Sandriverhasalsobeentrackingrecyclingafter

the consumption of cashmere. It seems that she has married off a daughter and

hopesthatshewouldbecherishedandcaredfor.（Therecyclingcircleisasfollows.）

"Cashmerecanbeusedforlife. Itdoesn'tagewithtime.Ahundredyearslater,the

cashmere is still fluffy and warm, without any physical changes. We've been at

education andour customers, if theydon'twear cashmere, you can recycle it into

Sandriver

thread,makeahat,makegloves,Sandrivercanteachyou."That'soneofthethings

Guobelievesin.

WhenGuoleftInnerMongolia,shebroughtonlytwopreciousthings,ahand-knitted

cashmereshawlandapiano.Later, tohelpthe factory'shand-sewnworkersbetter

learn about the art of hand-weaving cashmere, Guo took out the shawl that had

beenwithherformanyyears.Unfortunately,lastyear,thisscarfwaslostbyaccident

insuchcirculationandcouldn’tbefound,whichmadeGuodeeplydistressed.

"Arethereanypicturesleft?”

"No. Because I never thought it would be gone. Guo grinned. After a while, she

added,"theremaybeone."

Withtime,theshawlisnotonlyapresentthingbutalsoasymbolofcountlesstimes,

feelings andmemories. Standing at theendof timeand lookingbackon thepast,

because of the shawl, two times pointsmeets, melts, and stirs each other in the

present,whichisthebeautyofmemoryandthepowerofinheritance.