Peng Shiping looks attentively as her 28-year-old daughter Peng Lin is embroidering a fish on silk. The 55-year-old master of Shu embroidery would stop her daughter if she found her stitches were ...
Suzhou embroidery is one of the most celebrated styles of Chinese silk embroidery, named for the city of Suzhou in China's Jiangsu province. With a history of more than 2,000 years, this form of ...
The longevity silk unearthed from Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha, capital of Central China's Hunan province. [Photo by Hunan Museum/Provided to Xinhua] New embroidery patterns have been identified ...
A flock of birds come alive in the skilled hands of Fu Xianghong, a master of Su embroidery known for her flower-and-bird works (GAO ERQIANG / CHINA DAILY) “Only when I take the needle out and touch ...
Xinhua Silk Road: Lu embroidery in East China's Wendeng showcases intangible cultural heritage charm
Wendeng Lu embroidery is different from the four famous embroideries of Su, Yue, Shu and Xiang, and is a unique school of its own. It is widely spread among the people, and is an important part of the ...
Chinese silk embroidery has been a staple of national culture and tradition for thousands of years, with pieces being found from as early as the Zhou dynasty (1046 to 256BC). Its unusual durability ...
Manish Maholtra, Indian, born 1965. Silk, hand and machine embroidery. Gift of the Artist. | Photo Courtesy: The Philadelphia Museum of Art | Manish Maholtra, Indian ...
After the first Silk Festival was held in Kalavasos this spring and warmly welcomed by visitors, the Bee & Embroidery Museum in Kato Drys is creating something new. This Sunday, June 1, it will bring ...
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