View Full Version : Embroidery work in Suzhou, E. China


snow is red
July 23rd, 2008, 01:33 AM
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Photo taken on July 21, 2008 shows a part of the embroidery work named "Harmony: A Hundred Year Olympic and a Chinese Dream" in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 21, 2008. The 2.9-meter-long and 1.12-meter-wide embroidery art made by Yao Jianping and her 28 prentices presents famous scenic and historical spots such as the Acropolis of Athens, the Aegean Sea, the Temple of Heaven and the Great Wall in Beijing, the Everest and so on, with 29 auspicious birds representing peace and harmony hovering vividly over the sky

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/images/attachement/jpg/site1/20080722/00e04c44261a09efc7b611.jpg
Yao Jianping (C), an embroidery artist and the maker of the embroidery work named "Harmony: A Hundred Year Olympics and a Chinese Dream", shows her work in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu province,

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/images/attachement/jpg/site1/20080722/00e04c44261a09efc7dc12.jpg

xtraxxl
July 23rd, 2008, 10:12 PM
"和谐"
the most famous word of Chinese political talk today lol

bobdikl
July 23rd, 2008, 10:19 PM
most exquisite technique

snow is red
July 23rd, 2008, 10:21 PM
"和谐"
the most famous word of Chinese political talk today lol

ye we know but please keep anything politics out of this.

AATAATAATAAT
July 24th, 2008, 01:23 AM
most exquisite technique


Sure it is.

There is another technique in Suzhou, they make it on both sides and each side looks different, it is called " shuang mian xiu"!

snow is red
July 24th, 2008, 04:50 AM
Sure it is.

There is another technique in Suzhou, they make it on both sides and each side looks different, it is called " shuang mian xiu"!

wow please please show

many thanks.

AATAATAATAAT
July 24th, 2008, 06:57 PM
^^check this out: http://baike.baidu.com/view/688550.htm

teddybear
July 24th, 2008, 11:15 PM
^I thought that is a painting, but embroidery so big. So she and her teams stitched/threaded the whole thing?

AATAATAATAAT
July 25th, 2008, 12:02 AM
^I thought that is a painting, but embroidery so big. So she and her teams stitched/threaded the whole thing?

That's right.