CHE DING, TaiwanCHE DING, Taiwan — The sword-maker inserts an 18-inch shaft of metal into his red-hot kiln. Then he adds his special ingredient: a human thighbone. The bone, says Kuo Chang-hsi, is ...
“Some experienced blacksmiths of the province have been invited to set up training workshops is the first step to revive this field of handicrafts,” a local tourism official explained on Sunday. “In ...