The traditional Chinese craft of turning thick bamboo into delicate slices achieved fame on overseas short video platform TikTok, harnessing more than 10 million views and hundreds of thousands of likes.

From daily appliances to complex engineering structures, skilled bamboo weavers are recording the detailed production process of their handicrafts on social media — slicing, spinning, weaving, burning and boiling — which are deemed as a "mysterious Chinese power" in the eyes of foreign netizens.

@north_ omaha_ cat_ Lady, a TikTok talent from Omaha, USA, filmed a reaction video to the artistry and posted it online. While witnessing the process of bamboo gradually turning into bamboo silk and the pot brush that was finally made, she could not conceal her surprised expression. "A real craftsman," she wrote in the video.

Without fancy clothes, gimmicks and measuring tools, these bamboo craftsmen in the videos can make amazing works of art simply using their own bare hands.

Pan Yunfeng, 51, from Lin'an in Zhejiang province, makes pot brushes and bamboo parasols on TikTok. He started learning bamboo weaving at an early age and began to publish his work in 2019. With over 5 million followers on Douyin, he has become a genuine influencer for netizens abroad.

Bamboo weaving art, originating from the Warring States period 2000 years ago, has become an integral part of Chinese traditional culture. In 2008, it was officially listed as a national intangible cultural heritage.

Now, the popularity of bamboo art on TikTok has opened a window for foreign netizens to better understand Chinese culture.