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 ...

Embroidery, a folk art with a long tradition, has an important position in the history of Chinese arts and crafts. During the course of its long development, embroidery has become inseparable from the ...

CHEN BIXIAN, a 25-year-old resident of Shanghai, has spent most of her life studying and practising traditional Chinese embroidery. Better known as Azi online, Chen tells MANDY ZUO why she gave up her ...

Embroidery is an old, well-established art form in China for both men and women. Originally, embroidered items included robes, theatrical costumes, purses, shoes, spectacle cases, banners, altar ...

As Britain gears up to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee, one Chinese artist, known as the "queen of Su embroidery", is also jubilant. "I'm delighted that my embroidery of the queen's ...

GUIYANG, May 6 (Xinhua) -- In Sandu Shui Autonomous County in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Wei Yingli stitches horsetail on a shoe. The horsetail embroidery craftsmanship is a distinctive ...