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 ...

"You still can see the original vivid colors from 2,000 years ago," Qian Xiaoping, an 83-year-old Chinese silk expert, said when describing the Han Dynasty (206BC-AD220) brocade known as "Wuxing Chu ...

Cocoons bob in boiling water as silk is rapidly teased out, spinning on reels skilfully operated by women in Co Chat village, where households have been making thread for more than a century. The ...

The prosperous Guangzhou Port of the Song Dynasty promoted the development of Yue embroidery, which began to be exported at that time. During the Qing Dynasty, people animal hair as the raw material ...

A craft passed down for thousands of years, the horsetail embroidery of China's Shui people is deemed a local intangible cultural heritage From auspicious horse-themed phrases and couplets to whether ...

Kashmiri shawls are renowned for their hand embroideries, including Sozni, Zardozi, Kashida, papier-mâché, and crewel. Sozni features delicate chain stitching with fine silk thread. Zardozi exudes ...